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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 was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?
(a) "Why do you look at us that way? We don't like you" (35).
(b) "What's your name? I've never seen you before" (36).
(c) "Why do you stare at us like that? What are you looking for?" (36).
(d) "Do you want to have lunch with us. I have an extra sandwich" (33).

2. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?
(a) "Still whole?"
(b) "Have you seen mom yet?"
(c) "Do you think it is better he [father] is dead?"
(d) "What will you do now?"

3. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?
(a) Her maternal grandfather.
(b) Her great-great aunt.
(c) Her second cousin.
(d) Her paternal grandmother.

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

5. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.
(b) A piece of broken glass.
(c) A leaf from her favorite tree.
(d) A butcher knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?

2. What did the woman who lived below August's apartment look like?

3. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?

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

5. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?

(see the answer key)

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