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

2. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?
(a) August wanted to be a part of who they were.
(b) August had a natural distaste for the girls.
(c) August yelled at the girls for being stuck-up.
(d) August hated them because she had no friends.

3. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?
(a) August's father became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (46).
(b) August's father tried to "be a mother, but it just wasn't the same" (45).
(c) August's father treated his children "like they were the least important people on the planet" (47).
(d) August's father was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).

4. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?
(a) Gigi should talk to a dermatologist about her acne.
(b) Gigi should use tanning products.
(c) Gigi should should be proud of her skin tone.
(d) Gigi should stay out of the sun, so that her skin did not get any darker.

5. When August asked about the jar in the apartment, what did her father tell her?
(a) August's father told her it held all of her mother's most cherished things.
(b) August's father said the jar contained ashes.
(c) August's father told her that it was none of her business.
(d) August's father said the jar had all the money he had saved to get them out of their dilapidated apartment.