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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 does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?
(a) The loss of a mother.
(b) The end of childhood.
(c) The moment.
(d) The memory.

2. In what condition did August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi find the man who raped Gigi in Chapter 4?
(a) The man hid underneath the stairs "waited for the girls and jumped out like he wanted to rape all the girls" (58).
(b) The man "...was shooting up heroin and had a look the girls had never seen before" (54).
(c) The man was "asleep, alone, and snoring" (59).
(d) The man had "a needle clinched and dripping from his left hand" (59).

3. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?
(a) Gigi should stay away from men on the streets.
(b) Gigi had her grandmother's eyes.
(c) Gigi could not play with August, because August was poor.
(d) Gigi had to become an actress.

4. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?
(a) Sylvia rejoined, "I'm too young to answer that question" (62).
(b) Sylvia told the girls, "I have no clue. My parents will decide that" (63).
(c) Sylvia replied, "I will be the most famous actress ever" (62).
(d) Sylvia answered, "I'm not the boss of me. How the hell would I even know" (63).

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?

4. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?

5. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?

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