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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 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 Sonja.
(c) Miss Dora.
(d) Miss Erica.

2. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?
(a) Tennessee Swamp.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) BitterFields.
(d) SweetGrove.

3. At the start of Chapter 2, what year does the narrative shift to?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1984.

4. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?
(a) "Mama, these girls are beautiful. Why did you lie to me" (78)?
(b) "Mama, you are stupid for leaving us and forcing me to trust only my friends to listen to me" (75).
(c) "You were right, Mama. These girls were not to be trusted. I do need to keep them at arms' length" (76).
(d) "You were wrong, Mama. Look at us hugging. Look at us laughing. Look how we begin and end each other" (75).

5. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?
(a) "She is gone...There is nothing we can do" (16).
(b) "She's coming...soon" (14).
(c) "Stop worrying. She loves us. She will come for us" (15).
(d) "She's coming...Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" (15).

Short Answer Questions

1. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?

2. How much older is August than her brother?

3. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).

4. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?

5. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?

(see the answer key)

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