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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did August, Sylvia, and Angela respond to Gigi's rape?
(a) August, Sylvia, and Angela promised to find the man and kill him.
(b) August, Sylvia, and Angela told Gigi that she could stay at Sylvia's house to get away from him.
(c) August, Sylvia, and Angela made a plan to run away with Gigi.
(d) August, Sylvia, and Angela insisted that Gigi immediately tell her mother.

2. As an adult returning to New York, where did August and her brother go after their father's funeral?
(a) A drive to Tennessee to visit family.
(b) Their father's apartment to organize his things.
(c) Their father's grave sight.
(d) A diner in New Jersey.

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

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

5. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?
(a) Keep women close, because they will always be there to help.
(b) Keep women away, because they cannot be trusted.
(c) Women are beautiful creatures, whereas men will turn against you.
(d) Women are wicked and cruel and only want to hurt you.

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

7. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?
(a) A mosque to pray.
(b) August's mother's home in Tennessee.
(c) A therapist, Sister Sonja.
(d) A boarding school in New York City.

8. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?
(a) The tiny bones at the back of their necks.
(b) The sharp edges of their collarbones.
(c) The expensive and beautiful clothes they wore.
(d) The way they could just look at each other without saying a word, but understood one another anyway.

9. 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 was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).
(b) August's father tried to "be a mother, but it just wasn't the same" (45).
(c) August's father treated his children "like they were the least important people on the planet" (47).
(d) August's father became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (46).

10. What was the color of the pullout sofa in August's childhood apartment?
(a) Dark blue.
(b) Light red.
(c) Dark brown.
(d) Dark green.

11. What does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?
(a) The loss of a mother.
(b) The end of childhood.
(c) The moment.
(d) The memory.

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

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

14. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?
(a) Sylvia rejoined, "I'm too young to answer that question" (62).
(b) Sylvia told the girls, "I have no clue. My parents will decide that" (63).
(c) Sylvia answered, "I'm not the boss of me. How the hell would I even know" (63).
(d) Sylvia replied, "I will be the most famous actress ever" (62).

15. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. When August asked about the jar in the apartment, what did her father tell her?

2. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?

3. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?

4. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?

5. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?

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