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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?
(a) BitterFields.
(b) SweetGrove.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Tennessee Swamp.

3. What did Sylvia say about the altar boys at her church as a response to Gigi's secret about the pastor at her church?
(a) The altar boys were abused.
(b) The altar boys only wanted to worship and go home.
(c) The altar boys were rude and disrespectful of the elders of the church.
(d) The altar boys should not be trusted if you were the only altar girl.

4. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?
(a) "The Great Girl."
(b) "Amazing Grace."
(c) "The Blues Are No Good."
(d) "Keep on Livin'."

5. What did the girls say to boys who called August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela's names in Chapter 7?
(a) "Don't even say my name. Don't even put it in your mouth."
(b) "We are better than you and your stupid friends."
(c) "Don't look at us. We hate you."
(d) "Stop trying to get into our pants. We know what you want."

6. In Chapter 4, who moved into the apartment below August's family?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Emily.
(c) Crystal.
(d) Jennie.

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

8. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?
(a) "Do you think it is better he [father] is dead?"
(b) "Still whole?"
(c) "Have you seen mom yet?"
(d) "What will you do now?"

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

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

11. 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) Extreme and unbearable sadness.
(c) A lack of any emotion.
(d) Solace and ease.

12. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?
(a) Gigi wanted to be a banker.
(b) Gigi wanted to become an actress.
(c) Gigi wanted to be an anthropologist.
(d) Gigi longed to be a lawyer.

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

14. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?
(a) Sylvia had not aged at all and was dressed in expensive clothing.
(b) Sylvia had a child on her lap and looked content.
(c) Sylvia looked so different that August barely recognized her.
(d) Sylvia had not aged at all and had reddish brown hair.

15. How much older is August than her brother?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?

2. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?

3. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?

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

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

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