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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?
(a) Gigi should stay away from men on the streets.
(b) Gigi had her grandmother's eyes.
(c) Gigi could not play with August, because August was poor.
(d) Gigi had to become an actress.

2. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) August and her brother held hands.
(b) August and her brother created a plan to run away.
(c) August and her brother cried all night.
(d) August and her brother sang hymns together.

3. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

4. What is the origin of August's birth name?
(a) August was her mother's favorite month.
(b) August was born in the month of August.
(c) August's parents were married in August.
(d) "August" sounded beautiful to her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is August than her brother?

2. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?

3. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?

4. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?

5. What was the color of the pullout sofa in August's childhood apartment?

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