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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. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?
(a) "Do you even exist? If so, why are you so unfair?" (21).
(b) "Why did God only love the white people?" (23).
(c) "What does God do with his daughters?" (23).
(d) "How could God take away my mother?" (22).

2. At the start of Chapter 2, what year does the narrative shift to?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1990.

3. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.
(b) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.
(c) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.
(d) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.

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 should be proud of her skin tone.
(d) Gigi should stay out of the sun, so that her skin did not get any darker.

5. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?
(a) Sylvia had a child on her lap and looked content.
(b) Sylvia had not aged at all and had reddish brown hair.
(c) Sylvia looked so different that August barely recognized her.
(d) Sylvia had not aged at all and was dressed in expensive clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?

2. Which girl (August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela) was the most popular, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

3. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?

4. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?

5. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did August think about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi when she first saw them?

2. Why did Gigi warn her friends not to sing in their churches' choirs?

3. In what ways did August and her friends protect themselves from the streets when they were adolescents?

4. Who was Miss Dora and how is she described in the narrative?

5. What about Angela reminded August of her mother? Why?

6. What is the Nation of Islam? How does it factor into the novel?

7. What did Angela want to be when she grew up? Why?

8. What tragic event befell Gigi when she was 12?

9. What is the career choice that August has chosen? Why is this significant?

10. What are the circumstances of August's brother in the most-recent timeline in the novel?

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