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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was August when a beautiful brown man pressed his lips against her feet again and again, according to the narrative in Chapter 15?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) Southern France.
(d) Cancun.

2. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) Brown University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) University of Tennessee.
(d) University of Texas.

3. What musical performer does August say "told us how beautiful we were and we didn't hear her voice (160) in Chapter 15?
(a) Billie Holiday.
(b) Ornette Coleman.
(c) Nina Simone.
(d) Carmen McRae.

4. What is the first thing Jerome said to August?
(a) "I love you" (100).
(b) "Be mine" (102).
(c) "You are beautiful" (101)
(d) "I know you" (100).

5. August said that her family was not poor, but instead, they were something else. What was August's family?
(a) "...just like everyone else in Brooklyn" (123).
(b) "middle-class" (123).
(c) "...on the edge of poverty" (122).
(d) "...merely a minority" (122).

Short Answer Questions

1. Which girl (August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela) was the most popular, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

2. How did August's father die?

3. For what genre of music is the Art Ensemble of Chicago known?

4. August describes her father's "soft, slow steps" (165) as being as familiar as what in Chapter 16?

5. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?

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