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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 every school building give out after the major event took place described in Chapter 8?
(a) Free clothes.
(b) Free school supplies.
(c) Free lunch.
(d) Free books.

2. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?
(a) Her paternal grandmother.
(b) Her great-great aunt.
(c) Her maternal grandfather.
(d) Her second cousin.

3. What did Angela whisper into August's ear on the Fourth of July near the East River?
(a) "I'm gonna leave this place one day" (117).
(b) "Why do you not tell Sylvia how much you admire her?" (117).
(c) "I hate Brooklyn. I'm moving to LA to be a famous actress" (117).
(d) "We are all going to make it out of here. There is more to life" (116).

4. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?
(a) "Have you seen mom yet?"
(b) "Still whole?"
(c) "What will you do now?"
(d) "Do you think it is better he [father] is dead?"

5. Where did August look for Jennie's children faces at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) The streets of Brooklyn.
(b) The faces of strangers.
(c) The outside of Jennie's apartment.
(d) The hallways of her apartment building.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 12, according to August, where is "Down South?"

3. At the end of Chapter 11, how old were August and Jerome?

4. What did August and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?

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

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