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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 is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?
(a) BitterFields.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Tennessee Swamp.
(d) SweetGrove.

2. What did Angela say after a dead woman was found in Brooklyn during the winter?
(a) "My mother is the dead woman" (130).
(b) "My father murdered my mother" (129).
(c) "I don't know where my mother is" (129).
(d) "I wonder if the dead woman is my other" (129).

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

4. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 6 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What confession did Angela make to the girls on Page 113?

2. Why would August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela possibly get sent "Down South?"

3. When Sylvia's father told August she could not come over anymore, how did August feel?

4. What book did August's father read after Sister Loretta arrived?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?

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