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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 is the origin of August's birth name?
(a) "August" sounded beautiful to her mother.
(b) August was born in the month of August.
(c) August was her mother's favorite month.
(d) August's parents were married in August.

2. In what condition did August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi find the man who raped Gigi in Chapter 4?
(a) The man had "a needle clinched and dripping from his left hand" (59).
(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 hid underneath the stairs "waited for the girls and jumped out like he wanted to rape all the girls" (58).

3. Where was a dead woman found in the winter?
(a) The basement of the Marcy Building.
(b) The roof of the Marcy Houses projects.
(c) The ditch near the East River.
(d) The backyard of her boyfriend's apartment complex.

4. How old was August when she describes her father taking her and her brother back to SweetGrove in Chapter 16?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

5. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?
(a) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decided to tell the police.
(b) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi resolved to kill any man who approached them.
(c) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi determined that they would carry razor blades with them.
(d) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi chose to always walk Gigi to her apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what did Sister Loretta call the food that August's family ate before she started coming to the apartment?

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

3. What was Sylvia wearing when August saw her after three months, according to the narrative in Chapter 14?

4. Whose name did August call out when she first saw the Art Ensemble of Chicago?

5. What did the beautiful brown man say as he pressed his lips to August's feet again and again, according to the narrative in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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