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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).

2. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?

3. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?

4. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?

5. When August asked about the jar in the apartment, what did her father tell her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does August say about the music of her childhood in Chapter 1?

2. What led to August's father taking his children to Brooklyn?

3. From what perspective and tense is the story related? How is the novel framed?

4. What did August and her friends think of one another before they met?

5. What is the career choice that August has chosen? Why is this significant?

6. What does the jar of ashes represent in the novel?

7. What about Angela reminded August of her mother? Why?

8. Who was Clyde and why is he significant in the novel?

9. What does August say about the children of Biafra in 1968?

10. What did Gigi want to be when she grew up? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of memory in Another Brooklyn. What characters and settings relate to this theme? How does the author use symbolism to support the theme? What statement is the author making regarding memory?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of SweetGrove in Another Brooklyn. Why is this setting important to the novel? How does this setting contrast with the setting of Brooklyn? What does SweetGrove symbolize in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Identify three examples of foreshadowing in Another Brooklyn. What does each example foretell? What purpose does foreshadowing serve in each example? What mood is evoked by each example?

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