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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did August tell Sister Loretta about SweetGrove?
(a) That Sister Loretta would like SweetGrove.
(b) That she wanted to return and teach in SweetGrove.
(c) That SweetGrove is hateful.
(d) That SweetGrove was dangerous.

2. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Angela.
(c) Gigi.
(d) Sonja.

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

4. 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) Top 40.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Pop.
(d) The Blues.

5. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) The drug addicts in Chicago.
(b) The refugees of Libya.
(c) The minorities in Brooklyn.
(d) The children of Biafra.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 5, what did Gigi's mom do for a living?

2. In Chapter 8, what did August hear when her father started bringing women to the apartment for the first time?

3. At the start of Chapter 2, what year does the narrative shift to?

4. How did August's father die?

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

(see the answer key)

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