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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

2. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?
(a) Extreme and unbearable sadness.
(b) Solace and ease.
(c) A lack of any emotion.
(d) A sense of deep relief and fear.

3. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) The drug addicts in Chicago.
(b) The children of Biafra.
(c) The refugees of Libya.
(d) The minorities in Brooklyn.

4. How much older is August than her brother?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 2 years.

5. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?
(a) B and F.
(b) A and D.
(c) L and F.
(d) L and A.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?

2. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 5, what did Gigi's mom do for a living?

4. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?

5. In Chapter 2, what did August notice about the white people in her apartment building?

(see the answer key)

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