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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. In Chapter 9, what did August say she wanted to be when she grew up?
(a) A grown-up.
(b) A singer.
(c) A wife.
(d) A teacher.

4. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?
(a) August's father tried to "be a mother, but it just wasn't the same" (45).
(b) August's father became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (46).
(c) August's father treated his children "like they were the least important people on the planet" (47).
(d) August's father was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).

5. What book did August's father read after Sister Loretta arrived?
(a) The Qur'an.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Book of Mormon.
(d) The Old Man and the Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August learn about french kissing?

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

3. What did Sylvia's mother tell August and her friends when they visited?

4. In Chapter 12, according to August, where is "Down South?"

5. Where was a dead woman found in the winter?

(see the answer key)

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