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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the middle of Chapter 12, what did August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela wear in the winter?
(a) Sandals with socks.
(b) Snow boots.
(c) Platform shoes.
(d) Sneakers with holes.

2. What was found in the dead woman's pocket once the police find her in Chapter 12?
(a) A health insurance card and a license.
(b) A picture of a young man and $10.
(c) A necklace with a gold cross.
(d) A Medicaid card and a $5 food stamp.

3. What confession did Angela make to the girls on Page 113?
(a) Angela wanted to run away.
(b) Angela slept with a boy.
(c) Angela started her period.
(d) Angela did not know where her mother was.

4. What did Sylvia bring to the park to share with the girls after she had left their school?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A nude photo of her boyfriend.
(d) A joint.

5. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?
(a) Happy.
(b) Thankful.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 11, how old were August and Jerome?

2. In Chapter 8, what did August hear when her father started bringing women to the apartment for the first time?

3. What was the color of the pullout sofa in August's childhood apartment?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?

5. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?

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