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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?
(a) National Geographic.
(b) Life.
(c) Time.
(d) People.

2. In Chapter 2, what did August notice about the white people in her apartment building?
(a) The white people were jovial and friendly.
(b) The white people were causing riots and violence.
(c) The white people were always fighting and arguing in the hallways.
(d) The white people were moving out of the building.

3. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?
(a) August's father broke the window and yelled at August and her brother.
(b) August's father took a knife and cut the top of the window frame.
(c) August's father put a dark sheet over it and told them to stop looking out of it.
(d) August's father replaced it with a new window that made it easier for August and her brother to see through.

4. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 20 years.

5. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?
(a) Her great-great aunt.
(b) Her maternal grandfather.
(c) Her second cousin.
(d) Her paternal grandmother.

6. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?
(a) The dead are placed on makeshift rafts and sent them out on the Ganges.
(b) The dead are burned and their ashes are spread in the Ganges.
(c) The dead are buried next to their loved ones.
(d) The dead loved ones' bodies are placed in a special room for days before burying them.

7. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.
(b) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.
(c) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.
(d) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.

8. What did August and her brother feed the neighboring children in her apartment building at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Potato chips, apples, and nuts.
(b) Potatoes, colorful salads, and almonds.
(c) Ham sandwiches and popcorn.
(d) Fried pork chops and fruit.

9. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?
(a) "I merely want to see her..." (16).
(b) "She will never come back..." (12).
(c) "I was waiting for my mother..." (15).
(d) "I hope my mother is alive..." (15).

10. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?
(a) The man was her mother's boyfriend.
(b) Her mother would blame Gigi.
(c) Her mother would kill the man.
(d) Her mother would make them move away from Brooklyn.

11. What is the origin of August's birth name?
(a) August was her mother's favorite month.
(b) "August" sounded beautiful to her mother.
(c) August was born in the month of August.
(d) August's parents were married in August.

12. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?
(a) Every song.
(b) Blurry memories.
(c) Young boys.
(d) The night sky.

13. What vocation did Sylvia believe her father wanted her to become when she was older?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Singer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Nurse.

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

15. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?
(a) A sense of deep relief and fear.
(b) A lack of any emotion.
(c) Solace and ease.
(d) Extreme and unbearable sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?

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

3. According to the Quote that precedes the narrative, what will you find when you turn right?

4. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?

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

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