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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what did August hear when her father started bringing women to the apartment for the first time?
(a) Banging and yelling.
(b) Whispers and bottles breaking.
(c) Hushed laughter and moans.
(d) Screaming and crying.

2. What passion did August's brother discover when he is eight years old?
(a) Physics.
(b) Math.
(c) English literature.
(d) Writing.

3. What did August and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?
(a) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to show them her hair.
(b) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to wear her hair down more often.
(c) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to cut her hair short like their mother.
(d) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to dye her hair blonde.

4. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?
(a) The dead are burned and their ashes are spread in the Ganges.
(b) The dead are placed on makeshift rafts and sent them out on the Ganges.
(c) The dead loved ones' bodies are placed in a special room for days before burying them.
(d) The dead are buried next to their loved ones.

5. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) "To come home" (111).
(b) "To be patient" (112).
(c) "To never come back" (110).
(d) "To replace Sister Loretta" (112).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Sister Loretta, August's father's new girlfriend, dress when August met her for the first time?

3. What is the first thing Jerome said to August?

4. What book did August's father read after Sister Loretta arrived?

5. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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