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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 and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?
(a) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to cut her hair short like their mother.
(b) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to dye her hair blonde.
(c) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to show them her hair.
(d) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to wear her hair down more often.

2. What park does August describe seeing out the window of Sister Sonja's office in Chapter 14?
(a) Mountainview Park.
(b) Central Park.
(c) Fort Greene Park.
(d) Prospect Park.

3. What did Sylvia bring to the park to share with the girls after she had left their school?
(a) A joint.
(b) A nude photo of her boyfriend.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A cigarette.

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

5. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?
(a) The expensive and beautiful clothes they wore.
(b) The sharp edges of their collarbones.
(c) The way they could just look at each other without saying a word, but understood one another anyway.
(d) The tiny bones at the back of their necks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August tell Sister Loretta about SweetGrove?

2. What was August's father's response in reference to Sylvia's father on Page 115?

3. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).

4. How did August's father die?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?

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