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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 and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?
(a) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to cut her hair short like their mother.
(b) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to show them her hair.
(c) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to dye her hair blonde.
(d) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to wear her hair down more often.

2. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) Howard University.
(b) University of Tennessee.
(c) University of Texas.
(d) Brown University.

3. How many sisters did Sylvia have according to August in Chapter 9?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August feel about the women her father brought home?

2. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?

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

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

5. In what condition did August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi find the man who raped Gigi in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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