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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?
(a) Her mother would blame Gigi.
(b) The man was her mother's boyfriend.
(c) Her mother would make them move away from Brooklyn.
(d) Her mother would kill the man.

2. When Sylvia's father told August she could not come over anymore, how did August feel?
(a) August felt stupid and unambitious.
(b) August felt like a ghetto girl.
(c) August felt like Sylvia was conceited.
(d) August felt relieved.

3. Why would August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela possibly get sent "Down South?"
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) Bad behavior.
(c) Skipping school.
(d) Having boyfriends.

4. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?
(a) "How could God take away my mother?" (22).
(b) "What does God do with his daughters?" (23).
(c) "Why did God only love the white people?" (23).
(d) "Do you even exist? If so, why are you so unfair?" (21).

5. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).
(a) August said that her mother's absence made her so incredibly lonely.
(b) August said that this new radio only reminded her of how lonely her life was.
(c) August confessed that she would reply that she was not lonely, because her brother was with her.
(d) August revealed that she would answer that she was lonely, but had no way to cure it.

Short Answer Questions

1. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?

2. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?

4. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?

5. What was August's father's response in reference to Sylvia's father on Page 115?

(see the answer key)

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