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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) "To be patient" (112).
(b) "To replace Sister Loretta" (112).
(c) "To come home" (111).
(d) "To never come back" (110).

2. What book did August's father read after Sister Loretta arrived?
(a) The Old Man and the Sea.
(b) The Qur'an.
(c) The Book of Mormon.
(d) The Bible.

3. Where did August, her father, and her brother take the train to on their way to SweetGrove in Chapter 16?
(a) Texas.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Tennessee.

4. August describes her father's "soft, slow steps" (165) as being as familiar as what in Chapter 16?
(a) Home.
(b) Time.
(c) Lapping waves.
(d) Death.

5. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.
(b) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.
(c) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.
(d) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?

3. Why would August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela possibly get sent "Down South?"

4. What did August and her brother believe happened to their father's fingers well into their teens?

5. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?

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