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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?
(a) Mister Ice Cream.
(b) Misses Creamery Truck.
(c) Mister Softee.
(d) Misses Chocolate.

2. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?
(a) Her mother would kill the man.
(b) The man was her mother's boyfriend.
(c) Her mother would make them move away from Brooklyn.
(d) Her mother would blame Gigi.

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

4. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Alafia.
(d) Sonja.

5. What vocation did Sylvia believe her father wanted her to become when she was older?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Singer.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did August's father die?

3. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?

4. How much older is August than her brother?

5. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?

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