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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

2. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) A piece of broken glass.
(b) A butcher knife.
(c) A leaf from her favorite tree.
(d) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.

3. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) August walked the streets for drugs.
(b) August walked the streets looking for her mother.
(c) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(d) August roamed the streets asking for money.

4. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) University of Tennessee.
(b) University of Texas.
(c) Brown University.
(d) Howard University.

5. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?
(a) August's brother cut his forearm on the broken glass of the window.
(b) August's brother got severely beaten by their father.
(c) August's brother ran away, but their father found him hiding under a bridge.
(d) August's brother left to live with their mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?

2. How did August, Sylvia, and Angela respond to Gigi's rape?

3. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?

4. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?

5. How much older is August than her brother?

(see the answer key)

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