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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 walked the streets for drugs.
(c) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(d) August roamed the streets asking for money.

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

4. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?
(a) Miss Alfia.
(b) Miss Erica.
(c) Miss Dora.
(d) Miss Sonja.

5. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?
(a) Her great-great aunt.
(b) Her maternal grandfather.
(c) Her second cousin.
(d) Her paternal grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?

2. What is the origin of August's birth name?

3. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?

4. In Chapter 4, who moved into the apartment below August's family?

5. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?

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