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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. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?

2. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?

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

4. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?

5. In what condition did August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi find the man who raped Gigi in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the circumstances of August's brother in the most-recent timeline in the novel?

3. How did drug abuse factor into August's childhood?

4. In what ways did August and her friends protect themselves from the streets when they were adolescents?

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

6. What is the significance of the quote that opens the novel?

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

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

9. What did SweetGrove represent to August when she was growing up?

10. Who was Miss Dora and how is she described in the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Sylvia in Another Brooklyn. When and where did August meet Sylvia? What were Sylvia's ambitions in life? Did she achieve those ambitions? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and discuss three examples of irony in Another Brooklyn. What are examples of dramatic irony in the novel? What situational irony is explored? How is verbal irony employed?

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