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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?
(a) "Mama, these girls are beautiful. Why did you lie to me" (78)?
(b) "You were wrong, Mama. Look at us hugging. Look at us laughing. Look how we begin and end each other" (75).
(c) "Mama, you are stupid for leaving us and forcing me to trust only my friends to listen to me" (75).
(d) "You were right, Mama. These girls were not to be trusted. I do need to keep them at arms' length" (76).

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

3. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Alafia.
(d) Sonja.

4. What vocation did Sylvia believe her father wanted her to become when she was older?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Singer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Nurse.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

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

3. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?

4. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?

5. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?

(see the answer key)

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