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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was found in the dead woman's pocket once the police find her in Chapter 12?
(a) A picture of a young man and $10.
(b) A necklace with a gold cross.
(c) A health insurance card and a license.
(d) A Medicaid card and a $5 food stamp.

2. Who played trumpet with the Art Ensemble of Chicago when August watched them the first time?
(a) Roscoe Mitchell.
(b) Malachi Favors.
(c) Joseph Jarman.
(d) Lester Bowie.

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

4. What poet does the author cite when describing remembering and imagining as "the powerful, the uncommon, the awakening of stones" (171) in her Author's Notes at the end of the novel?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Maya Angelou.

5. What did Sylvia bring to the park to share with the girls after she had left their school?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A nude photo of her boyfriend.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A joint.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?

2. Where does August say, in Chapter 14, that her mother walked?

3. Where was August at a cafe when the woman she had lived with for eight months asked why she slept with fisted hands in Chapter 15?

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

5. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

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