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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 sort of lessons did Sylvia take that were surprising to August in Chapter 9?
(a) Piano and propriety.
(b) Piano and dance.
(c) Dance and soccer.
(d) Violin and cello.

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

3. What did Gigi audition for at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) A performing arts school in Yonkers.
(b) A school for maths and sciences in the Bronx.
(c) A dance school in Ithaca.
(d) A performing arts school in Manhattan.

4. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?
(a) "Stop worrying. She loves us. She will come for us" (15).
(b) "She's coming...Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" (15).
(c) "She is gone...There is nothing we can do" (16).
(d) "She's coming...soon" (14).

5. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) Howard University.
(b) University of Texas.
(c) University of Tennessee.
(d) Brown University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?

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

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

4. Who was August's "Mommy" talking to when August, her father, and her brother left Tennessee?

5. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?

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