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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) SweetGrove.
(d) BitterFields.

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) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.
(c) A butcher knife.
(d) A leaf from her favorite tree.

3. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?
(a) "Keep on Livin'."
(b) "The Great Girl."
(c) "The Blues Are No Good."
(d) "Amazing Grace."

4. What did the girls say to boys who called August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela's names in Chapter 7?
(a) "We are better than you and your stupid friends."
(b) "Don't even say my name. Don't even put it in your mouth."
(c) "Stop trying to get into our pants. We know what you want."
(d) "Don't look at us. We hate you."

5. 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?
(a) Top 40.
(b) Pop.
(c) The Blues.
(d) Jazz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sylvia say about the altar boys at her church as a response to Gigi's secret about the pastor at her church?

2. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).

3. At the start of Chapter 2, what year does the narrative shift to?

4. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?

5. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?

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