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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jerome do to August's body for the first time in Chapter 12?
(a) Jerome and August had sex.
(b) Jerome put his mouth on August's body.
(c) Jerome put his mouth on August's stomach.
(d) Jerome put his hands in August's pants.

2. In Chapter 8, what did August hear when her father started bringing women to the apartment for the first time?
(a) Banging and yelling.
(b) Hushed laughter and moans.
(c) Screaming and crying.
(d) Whispers and bottles breaking.

3. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?
(a) "Amazing Grace."
(b) "Keep on Livin'."
(c) "The Blues Are No Good."
(d) "The Great Girl."

4. What did August wish she had said to Angela after Angela disappeared?
(a) "We'll come with you - wherever you go" (132).
(b) "See you tomorrow" (132).
(c) "Don't believe them" (133).
(d) "Wait! We love you" (132).

5. When Sylvia's father told August she could not come over anymore, how did August feel?
(a) August felt stupid and unambitious.
(b) August felt relieved.
(c) August felt like a ghetto girl.
(d) August felt like Sylvia was conceited.

Short Answer Questions

1. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).

2. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?

3. August said that her family was not poor, but instead, they were something else. What was August's family?

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

5. How old was August when she first saw Jerome in Chapter 9?

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