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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) Brown University.
(b) University of Tennessee.
(c) University of Texas.
(d) Howard University.

2. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?
(a) Her mother would blame Gigi.
(b) The man was her mother's boyfriend.
(c) Her mother would make them move away from Brooklyn.
(d) Her mother would kill the man.

3. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) "To come home" (111).
(b) "To replace Sister Loretta" (112).
(c) "To never come back" (110).
(d) "To be patient" (112).

4. Where did August look for Jennie's children faces at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) The hallways of her apartment building.
(b) The outside of Jennie's apartment.
(c) The streets of Brooklyn.
(d) The faces of strangers.

5. In Chapter 12, according to August, where is "Down South?"
(a) Dominican Republic, Cuba, or Puerto Rico.
(b) El Salvador, Jamaica, or Florida.
(c) Jamaica, Dominican Republic, or Puerto Rico.
(d) Cuba, the southern states, or Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did Angela stay at August's apartment after her mother did not return home?

2. Who was August's "Mommy" talking to when August, her father, and her brother left Tennessee?

3. What happened during the summer at the start of Chapter 11?

4. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?

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

(see the answer key)

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