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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) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 15 years.

2. 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 roamed the streets asking for money.
(c) August walked the streets looking for her mother.
(d) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.

3. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Gigi.
(b) Angela.
(c) Sonja.
(d) Sylvia.

4. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?
(a) Solace and ease.
(b) A sense of deep relief and fear.
(c) A lack of any emotion.
(d) Extreme and unbearable sadness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?

2. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?

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

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. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?

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