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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 did Sylvia say about the altar boys at her church as a response to Gigi's secret about the pastor at her church?
(a) The altar boys only wanted to worship and go home.
(b) The altar boys should not be trusted if you were the only altar girl.
(c) The altar boys were rude and disrespectful of the elders of the church.
(d) The altar boys were abused.

2. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) "To never come back" (110).
(b) "To replace Sister Loretta" (112).
(c) "To come home" (111).
(d) "To be patient" (112).

3. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?
(a) "Still whole?"
(b) "What will you do now?"
(c) "Do you think it is better he [father] is dead?"
(d) "Have you seen mom yet?"

4. In describing the Ibo people in Chapter 16, August says, "They believed going home to the water was far better than" what?
(a) "Going home on land" (167).
(b) "Living their lives enslaved" (167).
(c) "Letting their dead go alone" (167).
(d) "Staring into the sun" (167).

5. Where was August when she describes seeing Angela again during her first year at college in Chapter 16?
(a) At a concert.
(b) At a movie theater.
(c) At a play.
(d) In her room.

Short Answer Questions

1. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?

2. What percentage of the earth is water, according to August in Chapter 14?

3. How did August, her father, and her brother get transported to SweetGrove after departing the train in Chapter 16?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?

5. What major event is described at the opening of Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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