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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 color was Sylvia's room?
(a) Purple.
(b) Pink.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

2. When August asked about the jar in the apartment, what did her father tell her?
(a) August's father said the jar contained ashes.
(b) August's father said the jar had all the money he had saved to get them out of their dilapidated apartment.
(c) August's father told her it held all of her mother's most cherished things.
(d) August's father told her that it was none of her business.

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

4. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?
(a) Time.
(b) Life.
(c) People.
(d) National Geographic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?

2. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?

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

4. What passion did August's brother discover when he is eight years old?

5. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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