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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?
(a) August's birthday.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Thanksgiving Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

2. In Chapter 2, what did August notice about the white people in her apartment building?
(a) The white people were jovial and friendly.
(b) The white people were always fighting and arguing in the hallways.
(c) The white people were causing riots and violence.
(d) The white people were moving out of the building.

3. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?
(a) "Why do you look at us that way? We don't like you" (35).
(b) "Do you want to have lunch with us. I have an extra sandwich" (33).
(c) "What's your name? I've never seen you before" (36).
(d) "Why do you stare at us like that? What are you looking for?" (36).

4. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?
(a) A lack of any emotion.
(b) Extreme and unbearable sadness.
(c) Solace and ease.
(d) A sense of deep relief and fear.

5. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?
(a) August's father took a knife and cut the top of the window frame.
(b) August's father replaced it with a new window that made it easier for August and her brother to see through.
(c) August's father broke the window and yelled at August and her brother.
(d) August's father put a dark sheet over it and told them to stop looking out of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?

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

3. As an adult returning to New York, where did August and her brother go after their father's funeral?

4. What does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?

5. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?

(see the answer key)

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