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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(b) August walked the streets for drugs.
(c) August roamed the streets asking for money.
(d) August walked the streets looking for her mother.

2. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?
(a) August's father treated his children "like they were the least important people on the planet" (47).
(b) August's father was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).
(c) August's father became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (46).
(d) August's father tried to "be a mother, but it just wasn't the same" (45).

3. What did August and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?
(a) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to cut her hair short like their mother.
(b) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to wear her hair down more often.
(c) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to show them her hair.
(d) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to dye her hair blonde.

4. What did August observe a person doing at the lake in Chapter 16?
(a) Fishing by the shore.
(b) Sailing in a yacht.
(c) Paddling in a canoe.
(d) Swimming in the water.

5. What did Sister Loretta cook for the family when she arrived at August's family apartment?
(a) Navy beans and eggplant Parmesan.
(b) Navy beans and collared greens.
(c) Eggplant Parmesan and shrimp.
(d) Spaghetti with real tomato sauce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the question that Sister Sonja posed to August in their first meeting described in Chapter 14?

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. What did August pray for at the end of Chapter 8?

4. At the start of Chapter 9, what song was August's father listening to?

5. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?

(see the answer key)

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