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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did August and her brother feed the neighboring children in her apartment building at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Potatoes, colorful salads, and almonds.
(b) Ham sandwiches and popcorn.
(c) Fried pork chops and fruit.
(d) Potato chips, apples, and nuts.

2. 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 had a natural distaste for the girls.
(c) August hated them because she had no friends.
(d) August wanted to be a part of who they were.

3. What kind of uniform was Sylvia wearing when August saw her in the streets after Sylvia had left August's school at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) St. Thomas Auquarius.
(b) St. Thomas Gregory.
(c) St. Thomas Auquinas.
(d) St. Thomas Peter.

4. Who were the shop owners on Broadway that lived in fancy houses?
(a) Puerto Ricans.
(b) Black-Americans.
(c) White people.
(d) Dominicans.

5. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?
(a) Geppetto.
(b) Sylvia's father.
(c) The man who raped Gigi.
(d) Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?

3. As an adult returning to New York, where did August and her brother go after their father's funeral?

4. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?

5. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?

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