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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Pop.
(c) Jazz.
(d) The Blues.

2. What does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?
(a) The loss of a mother.
(b) The end of childhood.
(c) The moment.
(d) The memory.

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

4. How did August learn about french kissing?
(a) August had seen her father kiss many women.
(b) August learned by watching television shows.
(c) August had practiced with Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi.
(d) August actually did not know, but she just tried to impress him.

5. In Chapter 9, what did August say she wanted to be when she grew up?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A wife.
(c) A grown-up.
(d) A singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August's father die?

2. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?

3. What did the woman who lived below August's apartment look like?

4. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?

5. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?

(see the answer key)

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