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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?
(a) August's father replaced it with a new window that made it easier for August and her brother to see through.
(b) August's father put a dark sheet over it and told them to stop looking out of it.
(c) August's father broke the window and yelled at August and her brother.
(d) August's father took a knife and cut the top of the window frame.

2. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?
(a) Tennessee Swamp.
(b) BitterFields.
(c) SweetGrove.
(d) The Bronx.

3. In Chapter 8, what did August hear when her father started bringing women to the apartment for the first time?
(a) Whispers and bottles breaking.
(b) Screaming and crying.
(c) Banging and yelling.
(d) Hushed laughter and moans.

4. In Chapter 9, what did August say she wanted to be when she grew up?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A singer.
(c) A wife.
(d) A grown-up.

5. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?
(a) Thankful.
(b) Sad.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?

2. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

3. How did Angela's boyfriend speak according to the start of Chapter 12?

4. What did the girls say to boys who called August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela's names in Chapter 7?

5. On the final Page of Chapter 11, what realization did August have?

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