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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?
(a) August's father became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (46).
(b) August's father treated his children "like they were the least important people on the planet" (47).
(c) August's father was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).
(d) August's father tried to "be a mother, but it just wasn't the same" (45).

2. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) Brown University.
(b) University of Tennessee.
(c) University of Texas.
(d) Howard University.

3. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?
(a) "How could God take away my mother?" (22).
(b) "Do you even exist? If so, why are you so unfair?" (21).
(c) "What does God do with his daughters?" (23).
(d) "Why did God only love the white people?" (23).

4. What did August and her brother feed the neighboring children in her apartment building at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Potato chips, apples, and nuts.
(b) Fried pork chops and fruit.
(c) Ham sandwiches and popcorn.
(d) Potatoes, colorful salads, and almonds.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the Quote that precedes the narrative, what will you find when you turn right?

3. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?

4. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?

(see the answer key)

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