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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 the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?
(a) Mister Softee.
(b) Misses Creamery Truck.
(c) Misses Chocolate.
(d) Mister Ice Cream.

2. At the start of Chapter 9, what song was August's father listening to?
(a) "Love is Blind."
(b) "Misty Blue."
(c) "Sweet Home Alabama."
(d) "Helter Skelter."

3. What musical performer does August say "told us how beautiful we were and we didn't hear her voice (160) in Chapter 15?
(a) Carmen McRae.
(b) Billie Holiday.
(c) Ornette Coleman.
(d) Nina Simone.

4. Where did August look for Jennie's children faces at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) The hallways of her apartment building.
(b) The faces of strangers.
(c) The streets of Brooklyn.
(d) The outside of Jennie's apartment.

5. Why did the audience laugh during Gigi's performance in the play in Chapter 14?
(a) Because her voice cracked.
(b) Because she tripped.
(c) Because she forgot her lines.
(d) Because she missed her entrance.

Short Answer Questions

1. August says in Chapter 15 that she came to college because since she was a kid she wanted a deeper understanding of what?

2. 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?

3. Where was August when she waited for a beautiful black man from Detroit to show up in the dark, according to the narrative in Chapter 15?

4. What did August find when she arrived at the location of her childhood home in SweetGrove in Chapter 16?

5. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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