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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 every school building give out after the major event took place described in Chapter 8?
(a) Free lunch.
(b) Free school supplies.
(c) Free books.
(d) Free clothes.

2. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 11.

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

4. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?
(a) Gigi wanted to become an actress.
(b) Gigi wanted to be an anthropologist.
(c) Gigi longed to be a lawyer.
(d) Gigi wanted to be a banker.

5. 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 replaced it with a new window that made it easier for August and her brother to see through.
(c) August's father put a dark sheet over it and told them to stop looking out of it.
(d) August's father broke the window and yelled at August and her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?

2. What did Jerome do to August's body for the first time in Chapter 12?

3. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?

4. How old was August when she describes her father taking her and her brother back to SweetGrove in Chapter 16?

5. What did Jerome do to August that was the first sign of their relationship?

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