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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts Three and Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Often the brown mothers ask if the girls are listening, as they seem to be ignoring their mothers. What are the girls thinking but not saying?
(a) They disagree with their mothers.
(b) They hate their mothers.
(c) They agree with their mothers but do not want to admit it.
(d) They are thinking about the homework they need to finish.

2. What is NOT a place that the narrator mentions as being in her neighborhood?
(a) An auto repair shop.
(b) Nail salons.
(c) White Castle.
(d) Rainbow apparel store.

3. The narrator tells of the training bras the girls wear. From whom did they learn about bras?
(a) Magazines and advertisements.
(b) Soap operas.
(c) Mothers and sisters.
(d) Older friends.

4. In Haunting, the girls follow Trish but end up where?
(a) At the edge of a cliff.
(b) Gasping for air in their beds.
(c) In the dregs of Queens.
(d) The same place they began.

5. Where do the girls meet to remember Trish?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) Her parents’ home on Long Island.
(c) A local bar in Queens.
(d) Their old elementary school playground.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Art the girls are now specializing in various art forms. Which of the following is something many of them have NOT done?

2. How do the mothers react to the boys being given prison sentences?

3. What is NOT one of the Commandments described in Our Mothers’ Commandments?

4. How do the girls feel about the store clerk?

5. What do the brown girls realize about their elite classmates?

(see the answer key)

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