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

2. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?
(a) Sylvia replied, "I will be the most famous actress ever" (62).
(b) Sylvia answered, "I'm not the boss of me. How the hell would I even know" (63).
(c) Sylvia rejoined, "I'm too young to answer that question" (62).
(d) Sylvia told the girls, "I have no clue. My parents will decide that" (63).

3. At the start of Chapter 2, what year does the narrative shift to?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1976.

4. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?
(a) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi chose to always walk Gigi to her apartment.
(b) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decided to tell the police.
(c) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi determined that they would carry razor blades with them.
(d) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi resolved to kill any man who approached them.

5. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?
(a) August hated them because she had no friends.
(b) August wanted to be a part of who they were.
(c) August yelled at the girls for being stuck-up.
(d) August had a natural distaste for the girls.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?

4. What was the color of the pullout sofa in August's childhood apartment?

5. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?

(see the answer key)

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