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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 does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?
(a) The moment.
(b) The end of childhood.
(c) The loss of a mother.
(d) The memory.

2. 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 was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).
(b) August's father became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (46).
(c) August's father treated his children "like they were the least important people on the planet" (47).
(d) August's father tried to "be a mother, but it just wasn't the same" (45).

3. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?
(a) "How could God take away my mother?" (22).
(b) "Do you even exist? If so, why are you so unfair?" (21).
(c) "Why did God only love the white people?" (23).
(d) "What does God do with his daughters?" (23).

4. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) August and her brother sang hymns together.
(b) August and her brother cried all night.
(c) August and her brother created a plan to run away.
(d) August and her brother held hands.

5. Which girl (August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela) was the most popular, as mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Angela.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) August.
(d) Gigi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August, Sylvia, and Angela respond to Gigi's rape?

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

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

4. How did August's father die?

5. What did the girls say to boys who called August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela's names in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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