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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) Thanksgiving Day.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) August's birthday.

2. In the conclusion of Chapter 14, August states that it should have been whom flying instead of Gjigi?
(a) August or Sylvia.
(b) August or Angela.
(c) James or her mother.
(d) Sylvia or Angela.

3. What is the origin of August's birth name?
(a) August was her mother's favorite month.
(b) "August" sounded beautiful to her mother.
(c) August's parents were married in August.
(d) August was born in the month of August.

4. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?
(a) Gigi should talk to a dermatologist about her acne.
(b) Gigi should use tanning products.
(c) Gigi should stay out of the sun, so that her skin did not get any darker.
(d) Gigi should should be proud of her skin tone.

5. What happened during the summer at the start of Chapter 11?
(a) The lights went out in Brooklyn.
(b) The heat kept everyone inside.
(c) The girls stopped talking.
(d) Men and boys were everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jerome do to August that was the first sign of their relationship?

2. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?

3. How did Sylvia convince her father to let August, Angela, and Gigi stay over at Sylvia's house?

4. What book did August's father read after Sister Loretta arrived?

5. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?

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