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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

2. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?
(a) A lack of any emotion.
(b) A sense of deep relief and fear.
(c) Extreme and unbearable sadness.
(d) Solace and ease.

3. How much older is August than her brother?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

4. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?
(a) "Do you even exist? If so, why are you so unfair?" (21).
(b) "Why did God only love the white people?" (23).
(c) "How could God take away my mother?" (22).
(d) "What does God do with his daughters?" (23).

5. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?
(a) The dead are burned and their ashes are spread in the Ganges.
(b) The dead are buried next to their loved ones.
(c) The dead loved ones' bodies are placed in a special room for days before burying them.
(d) The dead are placed on makeshift rafts and sent them out on the Ganges.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

4. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?

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

(see the answer key)

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