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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did August pray for at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Her mother.
(b) More friends.
(c) A new job for her father.
(d) A bigger apartment.

2. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?
(a) "Do you think it is better he [father] is dead?"
(b) "What will you do now?"
(c) "Have you seen mom yet?"
(d) "Still whole?"

3. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.
(b) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.
(c) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.
(d) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.

4. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) "To come home" (111).
(b) "To never come back" (110).
(c) "To be patient" (112).
(d) "To replace Sister Loretta" (112).

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

3. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?

4. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?

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

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