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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?
(a) A therapist, Sister Sonja.
(b) August's mother's home in Tennessee.
(c) A boarding school in New York City.
(d) A mosque to pray.

2. How did August feel about the women her father brought home?
(a) August did not care what her father did.
(b) August wished they would disappear and her own mother would return.
(c) August hoped one of them would become her mother.
(d) August hated the women and asked her father to stop bringing them home.

3. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?
(a) L and F.
(b) B and F.
(c) L and A.
(d) A and D.

4. What did August tell Sister Loretta about SweetGrove?
(a) That SweetGrove was dangerous.
(b) That Sister Loretta would like SweetGrove.
(c) That SweetGrove is hateful.
(d) That she wanted to return and teach in SweetGrove.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did August pray for at the end of Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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