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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts Seven and Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Patriotic, what is the main reason given for why the brown girls debate becoming mothers?
(a) They have not found suitable fathers for their future children.
(b) They fear the pain.
(c) The world is a mess.
(d) They do not have time to have children.

2. In Hyper/Visible/In/Visible, how do the brown girls who climb up the ranks in their chosen fields feel?
(a) They will soon hit a glass ceiling.
(b) They are living lies and wearing masks of who they think others want them to be.
(c) They have climbed mountains and achieved greatness.
(d) They fear that they will be found out as fakes and unintelligent.

3. How many days before school starts the girls who have chosen to leave Queens begin to question their choices?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. How do some girls who listen to their parents and give up boys because they are a different race or color feel?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Righteous.
(d) Shameful.

5. The narrator then describes the Flea, affectionately nicknamed what?
(a) The bug.
(b) The nuisance.
(c) The Tick.
(d) Le Flea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One, Lunchroom, who is cursing at Trish?

2. What do those who have left the neighborhood remember seeing in the eyes of their friends who have stayed when they mentioned their accomplishments?

3. In Future Tense Queens, the girls go to a photography exhibit opening in a part of Queens that was once miles of what?

4. In Part Seven, Jenny, what do many of the girls realize?

5. How many hours per week do the art students spend in art classes?

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