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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 is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?
(a) Tennessee Swamp.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) BitterFields.
(d) SweetGrove.

2. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Education.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Faith.

3. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?
(a) Sylvia had not aged at all and had reddish brown hair.
(b) Sylvia looked so different that August barely recognized her.
(c) Sylvia had not aged at all and was dressed in expensive clothing.
(d) Sylvia had a child on her lap and looked content.

4. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?
(a) L and F.
(b) A and D.
(c) B and F.
(d) L and A.

5. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?
(a) "What does God do with his daughters?" (23).
(b) "Do you even exist? If so, why are you so unfair?" (21).
(c) "How could God take away my mother?" (22).
(d) "Why did God only love the white people?" (23).

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?

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

3. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?

4. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?

5. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?

(see the answer key)

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