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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. What did Sister Loretta cook for the family when she arrived at August's family apartment?

2. What did Angela say after a dead woman was found in Brooklyn during the winter?

3. At the start of Chapter 11, how old did the girls turn?

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

5. What did August and her brother say at the door of Jennie's of apartment on Page 121?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sister Loretta wear when she met August?

2. What is the significance of the urn described in Chapter 10?

3. What did Sylvia's father do to her boyfriend in Chapter 13? Why?

4. What was the Summer Food Service Program?

5. What happened to Angela's mother?

6. Who were the boyfriends that August's friends had begun seeing in Chapter 12?

7. What did Sister Loretta bring to August's household?

8. How is Alana described in Chapter 12?

9. Who was the Son of Sam and why is he referenced?

10. What happened to Jennie's children? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Angela in Another Brooklyn. What was Angela's relationship with August like? What were Angela's ambitions? Did she achieve those ambitions? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Gigi in Another Brooklyn. Where and when did August meet Gigi? What did Gigi want to be when she grew up? How and why did Gigi die?

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