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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?
(a) August's brother ran away, but their father found him hiding under a bridge.
(b) August's brother cut his forearm on the broken glass of the window.
(c) August's brother left to live with their mother.
(d) August's brother got severely beaten by their father.

3. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.
(b) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.
(c) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.
(d) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.

4. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?
(a) "Still whole?"
(b) "Do you think it is better he [father] is dead?"
(c) "What will you do now?"
(d) "Have you seen mom yet?"

5. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?
(a) Gigi should use tanning products.
(b) Gigi should talk to a dermatologist about her acne.
(c) Gigi should should be proud of her skin tone.
(d) Gigi should stay out of the sun, so that her skin did not get any darker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sylvia say about the altar boys at her church as a response to Gigi's secret about the pastor at her church?

2. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?

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

4. How did August, Sylvia, and Angela respond to Gigi's rape?

5. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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