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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) People.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Life.
(d) Time.

2. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Alafia.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Sonja.

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

4. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?
(a) Gigi had to become an actress.
(b) Gigi had her grandmother's eyes.
(c) Gigi could not play with August, because August was poor.
(d) Gigi should stay away from men on the streets.

5. Who was August's "Mommy" talking to when August, her father, and her brother left Tennessee?
(a) Fairies.
(b) Another man.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Uncle Clyde.

6. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?
(a) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi resolved to kill any man who approached them.
(b) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi chose to always walk Gigi to her apartment.
(c) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi determined that they would carry razor blades with them.
(d) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decided to tell the police.

7. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?
(a) August's brother cut his forearm on the broken glass of the window.
(b) August's brother got severely beaten by their father.
(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.

8. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?
(a) Faith.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Education.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

10. 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 moving out of the building.
(c) The white people were always fighting and arguing in the hallways.
(d) The white people were causing riots and violence.

11. What did the woman who lived below August's apartment look like?
(a) The woman never spoke to August, and always looked away when they saw each other on the stairs.
(b) The woman was scary and fat and scowled a lot.
(c) The woman was dark and reedy and wore a long, black wig.
(d) The woman had a long neck...and smelt like cigarette smoke.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What vocation did Sylvia believe her father wanted her to become when she was older?

2. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?

3. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?

(see the answer keys)

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