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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?
(a) Keep women away, because they cannot be trusted.
(b) Keep women close, because they will always be there to help.
(c) Women are wicked and cruel and only want to hurt you.
(d) Women are beautiful creatures, whereas men will turn against you.

2. What did Sylvia say about the altar boys at her church as a response to Gigi's secret about the pastor at her church?
(a) The altar boys only wanted to worship and go home.
(b) The altar boys were rude and disrespectful of the elders of the church.
(c) The altar boys should not be trusted if you were the only altar girl.
(d) The altar boys were abused.

3. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?
(a) The expensive and beautiful clothes they wore.
(b) The tiny bones at the back of their necks.
(c) The way they could just look at each other without saying a word, but understood one another anyway.
(d) The sharp edges of their collarbones.

4. What vocation did Sylvia believe her father wanted her to become when she was older?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Singer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Nurse.

5. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) Thanksgiving Day.
(c) August's birthday.
(d) New Year's Eve.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did August and her brother feed the neighboring children in her apartment building at the end of Chapter 6?

3. What did the girls say to boys who called August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela's names in Chapter 7?

4. How many sisters did Sylvia have according to August in Chapter 9?

5. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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