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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 Jerome do to August's body for the first time in Chapter 12?
(a) Jerome and August had sex.
(b) Jerome put his mouth on August's stomach.
(c) Jerome put his hands in August's pants.
(d) Jerome put his mouth on August's body.

2. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?
(a) Faith.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Education.

3. What did August pray for at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) A bigger apartment.
(b) Her mother.
(c) More friends.
(d) A new job for her father.

4. At the start of Chapter 11, how old did the girls turn?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

5. At the end of Chapter 11, how old were August and Jerome?
(a) 12 and 16.
(b) 14 and 16.
(c) 13 and 15.
(d) 14 and 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car did August's white neighbors drive when they left in Chapter 8?

2. What kind of uniform was Sylvia wearing when August saw her in the streets after Sylvia had left August's school at the end of Chapter 10?

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

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

5. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?

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