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

2. How old was August when she first saw Jerome in Chapter 9?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

3. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Thankful.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

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

5. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) A leaf from her favorite tree.
(b) A butcher knife.
(c) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.
(d) A piece of broken glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?

2. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?

3. In what condition did August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi find the man who raped Gigi in Chapter 4?

4. How did Sylvia convince her father to let August, Angela, and Gigi stay over at Sylvia's house?

5. In Chapter 9, what did Sister Loretta call the food that August's family ate before she started coming to the apartment?

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