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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?
(a) August's father took a knife and cut the top of the window frame.
(b) August's father put a dark sheet over it and told them to stop looking out of it.
(c) August's father broke the window and yelled at August and her brother.
(d) August's father replaced it with a new window that made it easier for August and her brother to see through.

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 left to live with their mother.
(c) August's brother got severely beaten by their father.
(d) August's brother cut his forearm on the broken glass of the window.

3. In Chapter 9, what did Sister Loretta call the food that August's family ate before she started coming to the apartment?
(a) Home cooking.
(b) Peasant fare.
(c) The white devil's poison.
(d) Fatty and not nutritious.

4. What major event is described at the opening of Chapter 8?
(a) The 9/11 attacks on New York City.
(b) A massive fire that broke out in San Francisco.
(c) A blackout in New York City.
(d) August's family's return to SweetGrove.

5. What is the first thing Jerome said to August?
(a) "Be mine" (102).
(b) "I love you" (100).
(c) "You are beautiful" (101)
(d) "I know you" (100).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?

3. How old was Jerome when he met August?

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

5. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?

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