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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the color of the pullout sofa in August's childhood apartment?
(a) Dark green.
(b) Dark blue.
(c) Light red.
(d) Dark brown.

2. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?
(a) A boarding school in New York City.
(b) A mosque to pray.
(c) August's mother's home in Tennessee.
(d) A therapist, Sister Sonja.

3. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?
(a) National Geographic.
(b) People.
(c) Life.
(d) Time.

4. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?
(a) Mister Softee.
(b) Mister Ice Cream.
(c) Misses Creamery Truck.
(d) Misses Chocolate.

5. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 10 years.

6. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?
(a) Miss Alfia.
(b) Miss Dora.
(c) Miss Erica.
(d) Miss Sonja.

7. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?
(a) "Do you want to have lunch with us. I have an extra sandwich" (33).
(b) "What's your name? I've never seen you before" (36).
(c) "Why do you stare at us like that? What are you looking for?" (36).
(d) "Why do you look at us that way? We don't like you" (35).

8. According to the narrator in Chapter 5, what did Gigi's mom do for a living?
(a) Gigi's mom had no job and was on employment.
(b) Gigi's mom was a dancer.
(c) Gigi's mom was a teacher.
(d) Gigi's mom was a banker.

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

10. In Chapter 2, what did August notice about the white people in her apartment building?
(a) The white people were moving out of the building.
(b) The white people were jovial and friendly.
(c) The white people were always fighting and arguing in the hallways.
(d) The white people were causing riots and violence.

11. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Education.
(d) Faith.

12. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?
(a) Gigi should use tanning products.
(b) Gigi should talk to a dermatologist about her acne.
(c) Gigi should should be proud of her skin tone.
(d) Gigi should stay out of the sun, so that her skin did not get any darker.

13. How much older is August than her brother?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 2 years.

14. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) August roamed the streets asking for money.
(b) August walked the streets for drugs.
(c) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(d) August walked the streets looking for her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?

2. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?

3. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?

4. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?

5. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?

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