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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 Gigi audition for at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) A dance school in Ithaca.
(b) A performing arts school in Yonkers.
(c) A performing arts school in Manhattan.
(d) A school for maths and sciences in the Bronx.

2. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?
(a) Jackson.
(b) The man who raped Gigi.
(c) Geppetto.
(d) Sylvia's father.

3. What was August's father's response in reference to Sylvia's father on Page 115?
(a) "August, Sylvia is not a good friend; her father has too much influence over her."
(b) "He is a horrible father. You will not stay there."
(c) "Sylvia has a conceited father and I do not like him."
(d) "He's a good man. He has his God. A man needs his God."

4. In Chapter 9, what did Sister Loretta call the food that August's family ate before she started coming to the apartment?
(a) Home cooking.
(b) Fatty and not nutritious.
(c) The white devil's poison.
(d) Peasant fare.

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. Why did August cry for a week when she turned 30?

2. What kind of uniform was Sylvia wearing when August saw her in the streets after Sylvia had left August's school at the end of Chapter 10?

3. What was Sylvia wearing when August saw her after three months, according to the narrative in Chapter 14?

4. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?

5. Why did August tell Sylvia about Jerome in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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