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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much older is August than her brother?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

2. What did Gigi audition for at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) A performing arts school in Manhattan.
(b) A school for maths and sciences in the Bronx.
(c) A dance school in Ithaca.
(d) A performing arts school in Yonkers.

3. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?
(a) August's father took a knife and cut the top of the window frame.
(b) August's father broke the window and yelled at August and her brother.
(c) August's father put a dark sheet over it and told them to stop looking out of it.
(d) August's father replaced it with a new window that made it easier for August and her brother to see through.

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

5. What did Sylvia's mother tell August and her friends when they visited?
(a) "Sylvia is better than you. You will never compare" (103).
(b) "You cannot come over, because you are poor" (103).
(c) "Happiness is for people like us" (102).
(d) "Dreams are not for people who look like you" (103).

Short Answer Questions

1. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?

2. What local girl was sent away when she got pregnant after being beaten by her mother?

3. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?

4. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?

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

(see the answer key)

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