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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 August and her brother feed the neighboring children in her apartment building at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Potatoes, colorful salads, and almonds.
(b) Ham sandwiches and popcorn.
(c) Potato chips, apples, and nuts.
(d) Fried pork chops and fruit.

2. What did Angela say after a dead woman was found in Brooklyn during the winter?
(a) "My father murdered my mother" (129).
(b) "My mother is the dead woman" (130).
(c) "I wonder if the dead woman is my other" (129).
(d) "I don't know where my mother is" (129).

3. What happened when August, Sylvia, and Gigi called Angela's house toward the end of Chapter 12?
(a) The phone was disconnected.
(b) Angela's father answered the phone.
(c) The phone kept ringing and ringing.
(d) Angela answered the phone and said she could not come out.

4. How did August learn about french kissing?
(a) August learned by watching television shows.
(b) August actually did not know, but she just tried to impress him.
(c) August had practiced with Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi.
(d) August had seen her father kiss many women.

5. What did Angela whisper into August's ear on the Fourth of July near the East River?
(a) "Why do you not tell Sylvia how much you admire her?" (117).
(b) "I'm gonna leave this place one day" (117).
(c) "I hate Brooklyn. I'm moving to LA to be a famous actress" (117).
(d) "We are all going to make it out of here. There is more to life" (116).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?

3. What is the first thing Jerome said to August?

4. Why would August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela possibly get sent "Down South?"

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

(see the answer key)

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