View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?
(a) August's brother ran away, but their father found him hiding under a bridge.
(b) August's brother got severely beaten by their father.
(c) August's brother cut his forearm on the broken glass of the window.
(d) August's brother left to live with their mother.

2. Where was the cast party for the play that Gigi performed in, in Chapter 14?
(a) The Chelsea Hotel.
(b) The director's home.
(c) Gigi's apartment.
(d) The Palacio de la Alconetar.

3. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) Howard University.
(b) University of Tennessee.
(c) Brown University.
(d) University of Texas.

4. Where does August say, in Chapter 14, that her mother walked?
(a) Across the bridge.
(b) Into water.
(c) Into the forest.
(d) Into the earth.

5. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?
(a) "Mama, these girls are beautiful. Why did you lie to me" (78)?
(b) "You were right, Mama. These girls were not to be trusted. I do need to keep them at arms' length" (76).
(c) "Mama, you are stupid for leaving us and forcing me to trust only my friends to listen to me" (75).
(d) "You were wrong, Mama. Look at us hugging. Look at us laughing. Look how we begin and end each other" (75).

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?

2. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?

3. At the start of Chapter 2, what year does the narrative shift to?

4. Where did August, her father, and her brother take the train to on their way to SweetGrove in Chapter 16?

5. What musical performer does August say "told us how beautiful we were and we didn't hear her voice (160) in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 361 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample