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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Great Expectations, the narrator describes the relationship between the brown girls and who?
(a) Their sisters.
(b) Their neighbors.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) Their brothers.

2. What is NOT a name the brown girls call their teachers while in the lunchroom?
(a) Dumb and blind.
(b) Dumbass.
(c) Idiot.
(d) Old-lady bitch.

3. In Territory, what is NOT a reason given by the narrator for why the brown girls tire of Manhattan?
(a) Fake glamour.
(b) Manhattan snobs.
(c) Central Park.
(d) High prices.

4. Why do the girls run back home to their family parties from the wealthier part of the neighborhood?
(a) They are bored.
(b) They almost get lost.
(c) There is life and laughter there.
(d) They are threatened.

5. In Part 2, Western Epistemology, the narrator speaks of sitting in high school classrooms with what?
(a) Beautiful landscaping.
(b) Barbed wire fences.
(c) Metal detectors.
(d) Delicious lunches.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part One, Do Now: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up, the narrator lists the responses the girls give to this question.

2. When the narrator and her friends play dress-up in a store with beautiful clothes, what does a store clerk think is happening?

3. Why do the girls feel the urge to leave the large family parties?

4. What are the ethnicities the narrator names in Musical Chairs?

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

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