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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the brown girls see first-hand the devastation caused by the colonizers, what do they realize?
(a) Whether they like it or not, they lay claim to both.
(b) They are the colonizers.
(c) They are to blame.
(d) They can never return to America.

2. How does the author describe the people on Rockaway Beach in Meanwhile, In Queens?
(a) Pale yuppies.
(b) Dangerous thugs.
(c) Tatted hipsters.
(d) Wealthy WASPs.

3. The girls tell happy stories of their youth with Trish, but one girl thinks back on the time she caught Trish doing what at a party?
(a) Cleaning up after the other drunk kids.
(b) Drinking too much.
(c) Snorting what is assumed to be cocaine.
(d) Dancing half-dressed on a table.

4. The successful girls are so visible they have become what?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Unsuccessful.

5. In Reunion, why are the brown girls so relieved to be around each other?
(a) They have missed sharing and gossiping with each other.
(b) They all understand what they mean when they say they are tired.
(c) They miss the old days.
(d) They are tired of being around white people.

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

7. To what do the girls looks forward to in “Trish”?
(a) Going back to their homes and daily schedules.
(b) Seeing Trish's parents.
(c) Happy Hour.
(d) Sharing stories about Trish.

8. What city were some Queens’ residents worried their community would mimic, if the big tech company came to their town?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Miami.

9. 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) They do not have time to have children.
(d) The world is a mess.

10. Why do some of the brothers struggle to find work, according to the author?
(a) They are brown.
(b) They do not know how to act in public.
(c) They have poor educations.
(d) They are judged by their records.

11. The narrator says multiple times that the boys do not cry but then, in parentheses, says what?
(a) They weep.
(b) They are silent.
(c) They breathe.
(d) They scream.

12. In Part Four, Those Who Leave & Those Who Stay, what do those who leave notice that those who stay never mention?
(a) Their jobs.
(b) Their families.
(c) Local gossip.
(d) The important and serious events.

13. What is The Flea?
(a) A restaurant in Ozone Park, Queens.
(b) A thrift store in Ozone Park, Queens.
(c) An open-air market in Ozone Park, Queens.
(d) A mall in Ozone Park, Queens.

14. Why did the brown girls sneak into The Flea as young girls?
(a) They were unable to pay the six-dollar entrance fee.
(b) They were not liked by the owner.
(c) They liked the excitement of sneaking in.
(d) They were too young to enter alone.

15. What do some of the brothers do who struggle to find work?
(a) They return to their old ways.
(b) They go back to school.
(c) They work for relatives.
(d) They become priests, monks, and imams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those who stayed in Queens know that those who left do not care about what?

2. In Jenny, how do some of the brown girls feel about Jenny?

3. Why do some girls fear motherhood?

4. In Duty, what is NOT given as a way good girls suffer?

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

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