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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?
(a) "She is gone...There is nothing we can do" (16).
(b) "Stop worrying. She loves us. She will come for us" (15).
(c) "She's coming...soon" (14).
(d) "She's coming...Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" (15).

2. 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 resolved to kill any man who approached them.
(d) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi chose to always walk Gigi to her apartment.

3. How did August's father die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Liver disease.
(d) Natural causes.

4. What did the girls say to boys who called August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela's names in Chapter 7?
(a) "Don't look at us. We hate you."
(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) "We are better than you and your stupid friends."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What vocation did Sylvia believe her father wanted her to become when she was older?

2. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?

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

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 5, what did Gigi's mom do for a living?

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

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