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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?
(a) The man was her mother's boyfriend.
(b) Her mother would blame Gigi.
(c) Her mother would kill the man.
(d) Her mother would make them move away from Brooklyn.

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

3. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?
(a) L and A.
(b) A and D.
(c) B and F.
(d) L and F.

4. 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 determined that they would carry razor blades with them.
(b) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi resolved to kill any man who approached them.
(c) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decided to tell the police.
(d) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi chose to always walk Gigi to her apartment.

5. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.
(b) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.
(c) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.
(d) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?

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

3. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?

4. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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