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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

2. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?
(a) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi determined that they would carry razor blades with them.
(b) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decided to tell the police.
(c) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi chose to always walk Gigi to her apartment.
(d) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi resolved to kill any man who approached them.

3. At the end of Chapter 11, how old were August and Jerome?
(a) 14 and 16.
(b) 13 and 15.
(c) 14 and 18.
(d) 12 and 16.

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

5. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) A leaf from her favorite tree.
(b) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.
(c) A butcher knife.
(d) A piece of broken glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Sylvia's room?

2. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?

3. What did Sylvia bring to the park to share with the girls after she had left their school?

4. At the start of Chapter 9, what song was August's father listening to?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 5, what did Gigi's mom do for a living?

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