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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?
(a) "Stop worrying. She loves us. She will come for us" (15).
(b) "She's coming...Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" (15).
(c) "She's coming...soon" (14).
(d) "She is gone...There is nothing we can do" (16).

3. Who was August's "Mommy" talking to when August, her father, and her brother left Tennessee?
(a) Another man.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Uncle Clyde.
(d) Ghosts.

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

5. What is the first thing Jerome said to August?
(a) "Be mine" (102).
(b) "I love you" (100).
(c) "I know you" (100).
(d) "You are beautiful" (101)

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?

2. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

3. At the start of Chapter 9, what song was August's father listening to?

4. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

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

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