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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 old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

2. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) August walked the streets looking for her mother.
(b) August roamed the streets asking for money.
(c) August walked the streets for drugs.
(d) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.

3. What did Jerome do to August that was the first sign of their relationship?
(a) Jerome left August a note at her apartment door.
(b) Jerome kissed August.
(c) Jerome winked at August.
(d) Jerome waved at August on the street.

4. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Angela.
(b) Sonja.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Gigi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?

2. Why did August tell Sylvia about Jerome in Chapter 9?

3. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?

5. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?

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