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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?
(a) Every song.
(b) The night sky.
(c) Blurry memories.
(d) Young boys.

2. For what genre of music is the Art Ensemble of Chicago known?
(a) Classical jazz.
(b) Blues.
(c) Ragtime and swing.
(d) Avant-garde jazz.

3. When Sylvia's father told August she could not come over anymore, how did August feel?
(a) August felt like a ghetto girl.
(b) August felt relieved.
(c) August felt stupid and unambitious.
(d) August felt like Sylvia was conceited.

4. What did the woman who lived below August's apartment look like?
(a) The woman never spoke to August, and always looked away when they saw each other on the stairs.
(b) The woman was dark and reedy and wore a long, black wig.
(c) The woman had a long neck...and smelt like cigarette smoke.
(d) The woman was scary and fat and scowled a lot.

5. How did August feel about the women her father brought home?
(a) August wished they would disappear and her own mother would return.
(b) August did not care what her father did.
(c) August hated the women and asked her father to stop bringing them home.
(d) August hoped one of them would become her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

2. What did Sylvia say about the altar boys at her church as a response to Gigi's secret about the pastor at her church?

3. In Chapter 9, what did August say she wanted to be when she grew up?

4. Where was August when a beautiful brown man pressed his lips against her feet again and again, according to the narrative in Chapter 15?

5. Which girl (August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela) was the most popular, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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