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

2. What did the girls say to boys who called August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela's names in Chapter 7?
(a) "Don't even say my name. Don't even put it in your mouth."
(b) "Stop trying to get into our pants. We know what you want."
(c) "Don't look at us. We hate you."
(d) "We are better than you and your stupid friends."

3. In what condition did August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi find the man who raped Gigi in Chapter 4?
(a) The man was "asleep, alone, and snoring" (59).
(b) The man hid underneath the stairs "waited for the girls and jumped out like he wanted to rape all the girls" (58).
(c) The man had "a needle clinched and dripping from his left hand" (59).
(d) The man "...was shooting up heroin and had a look the girls had never seen before" (54).

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

5. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?
(a) Extreme and unbearable sadness.
(b) A sense of deep relief and fear.
(c) A lack of any emotion.
(d) Solace and ease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of lessons did Sylvia take that were surprising to August in Chapter 9?

2. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?

3. Who were the shop owners on Broadway that lived in fancy houses?

4. In Chapter 2, what did August notice about the white people in her apartment building?

5. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?

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