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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. August said that her family was not poor, but instead, they were something else. What was August's family?
(a) "...just like everyone else in Brooklyn" (123).
(b) "middle-class" (123).
(c) "...on the edge of poverty" (122).
(d) "...merely a minority" (122).

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

3. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?
(a) Pop.
(b) Top 40.
(c) The Blues.
(d) Jazz.

4. What is the origin of August's birth name?
(a) "August" sounded beautiful to her mother.
(b) August was her mother's favorite month.
(c) August's parents were married in August.
(d) August was born in the month of August.

5. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?
(a) "You were wrong, Mama. Look at us hugging. Look at us laughing. Look how we begin and end each other" (75).
(b) "Mama, you are stupid for leaving us and forcing me to trust only my friends to listen to me" (75).
(c) "Mama, these girls are beautiful. Why did you lie to me" (78)?
(d) "You were right, Mama. These girls were not to be trusted. I do need to keep them at arms' length" (76).

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August and her brother say at the door of Jennie's of apartment on Page 121?

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

3. What happened during the summer at the start of Chapter 11?

4. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?

5. What happened when August, Sylvia, and Gigi called Angela's house toward the end of Chapter 12?

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