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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One, Brown Boys, the narrator tells the reader they would stare at the brown boys and think what?
(a) How ignorant they were.
(b) How much they looked like their own family members and neighbors.
(c) How cute they were.
(d) How they hoped the brown boys would notice them.

2. What is NOT one of the Commandments described in Our Mothers’ Commandments?
(a) You shall not be an ugly girl.
(b) You shall not be a loud girl with many opinions.
(c) You shall not be a troublesome girl.
(d) You shall not be a dumb girl.

3. How do the girls feel when they wander to the wealthier part of the neighborhood?
(a) Excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Jealous.

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

5. How are the brown boys like lightning, according to the narrator?
(a) They are both scary and dangerous.
(b) They are both bright and shining.
(c) They are both powerful and dangerous.
(d) They are both beautiful and dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the brown girls and boys NOT notice as they cross through Prospect Park?

2. What do the girls notice as they take notes on white philosophers and read Shakespeare?

3. In Part One, Optical Illusions, what do the girls do with the stolen makeup?

4. How does Part One, Bras begin?

5. How many commandments are listed in Our Mothers’ Commandments?

(see the answer key)

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