1. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?
(a) A and D.
(b) L and A.
(c) L and F.
(d) B and F.

2. What did Sylvia say about the altar boys at her church as a response to Gigi's secret about the pastor at her church?
(a) The altar boys were abused.
(b) The altar boys should not be trusted if you were the only altar girl.
(c) The altar boys only wanted to worship and go home.
(d) The altar boys were rude and disrespectful of the elders of the church.

3. In Chapter 2, what did August notice about the white people in her apartment building?
(a) The white people were always fighting and arguing in the hallways.
(b) The white people were causing riots and violence.
(c) The white people were jovial and friendly.
(d) The white people were moving out of the building.

4. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?
(a) August's brother cut his forearm on the broken glass of the window.
(b) August's brother got severely beaten by their father.
(c) August's brother ran away, but their father found him hiding under a bridge.
(d) August's brother left to live with their mother.

5. When August asked about the jar in the apartment, what did her father tell her?
(a) August's father told her that it was none of her business.
(b) August's father said the jar contained ashes.
(c) August's father told her it held all of her mother's most cherished things.
(d) August's father said the jar had all the money he had saved to get them out of their dilapidated apartment.