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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 leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?

2. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?

3. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?

4. What is the origin of August's birth name?

5. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did August think that her mother would come to her in Brooklyn while growing up?

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

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

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

5. Who was Jennie and how is she described in the narrative?

6. What led to August's father granting August and her brother more freedom after they had moved to Brooklyn?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the characters of August's father and brother. Why do you think the author does not name these characters? What are August's relationships like with each of these characters? What happens to each of these characters in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss August's mother in Another Brooklyn. When did August last see her mother? What led August's father to take August and her brother away from August's mother? What happened to August's mother after this?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of sexuality in Another Brooklyn. How is this theme developed through character? What symbolism relates to this theme? What statement do you think the author is making about sexuality in the novel? Why?

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