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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) A piece of broken glass.
(b) A butcher knife.
(c) A leaf from her favorite tree.
(d) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.

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

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

7. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?
(a) "Stop worrying. She loves us. She will come for us" (15).
(b) "She's coming...soon" (14).
(c) "She is gone...There is nothing we can do" (16).
(d) "She's coming...Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" (15).

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

9. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).
(a) August said that this new radio only reminded her of how lonely her life was.
(b) August revealed that she would answer that she was lonely, but had no way to cure it.
(c) August said that her mother's absence made her so incredibly lonely.
(d) August confessed that she would reply that she was not lonely, because her brother was with her.

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

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

12. 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 sharp edges of their collarbones.
(c) The expensive and beautiful clothes they wore.
(d) The tiny bones at the back of their necks.

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

14. According to the narrator in Chapter 5, what did Gigi's mom do for a living?
(a) Gigi's mom was a teacher.
(b) Gigi's mom had no job and was on employment.
(c) Gigi's mom was a banker.
(d) Gigi's mom was a dancer.

15. 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 for drugs.
(c) August walked the streets looking for her mother.
(d) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?

2. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?

3. In Chapter 4, who moved into the apartment below August's family?

4. What did the woman who lived below August's apartment look like?

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

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