1. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?
(a) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decided to tell the police.
(b) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi determined that they would carry razor blades with them.
(c) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi chose to always walk Gigi to her apartment.
(d) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi resolved to kill any man who approached them.

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

3. As an adult returning to New York, where did August and her brother go after their father's funeral?
(a) A drive to Tennessee to visit family.
(b) Their father's grave sight.
(c) A diner in New Jersey.
(d) Their father's apartment to organize his things.

4. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).
(a) August confessed that she would reply that she was not lonely, because her brother was with her.
(b) August said that this new radio only reminded her of how lonely her life was.
(c) August said that her mother's absence made her so incredibly lonely.
(d) August revealed that she would answer that she was lonely, but had no way to cure it.

5. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?
(a) Geppetto.
(b) Sylvia's father.
(c) The man who raped Gigi.
(d) Jackson.