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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some girls fear motherhood?
(a) They fear the pain of childbirth.
(b) They fear they would mess up their children or would be engulfed by motherhood.
(c) They worry they cannot afford children.
(d) They fear their parents will interfere too much.

2. How do the mothers react to the boys being given prison sentences?
(a) They scream curses at their sons.
(b) They weep uncontrollably.
(c) They are angry and silent.
(d) They beat their sons.

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

4. In Welcome to Mars, how do the girls feel around the elite?
(a) Uninterested.
(b) Superior.
(c) Right at home.
(d) Out of place.

5. In The Things We Carry, what is NOT an example given by the narrator for something the girls bring home?
(a) Bottles of liquor for fathers.
(b) Peppers the length of a pinky finger.
(c) Foreign coins.
(d) Pastries wrapped in colorful sheets of plastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator respond when the girls enjoy the local music and remixes of American music?

2. Why do some of the brothers struggle to find work, according to the author?

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

4. In Reunion, why are the brown girls so relieved to be around each other?

5. In Art, what was once the thing that gave the girls a sense of peace and safety is now what, according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the brothers who grow up?

2. What are the ghosts mentioned in “Ghosts”?

3. How has Rockaway Beach changed in “Meanwhile, in Queens”?

4. How are the girls changed by their visits to the Motherland?

5. Why are the brothers in Our Brothers sent to prison?

6. How do the various family members react to the brothers receiving prison sentences?

7. How does one of the girls realize that Trish had not been happy in a long time?

8. How do the girls feel about their chosen fields of study in Duty?

9. What are the problems the girls who leave and the girls who stay see in each other?

10. What does Daphne Palasi Andreades call the girls who change their majors to art?

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