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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 wicked and cruel and only want to hurt you.
(d) Women are beautiful creatures, whereas men will turn against you.

3. Which girl (August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela) was the most popular, as mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Gigi.
(c) Angela.
(d) August.

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

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

6. 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 replaced it with a new window that made it easier for August and her brother to see through.
(d) August's father broke the window and yelled at August and her brother.

7. 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 only wanted to worship and go home.
(b) The altar boys were abused.
(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.

8. 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) "She will never come back..." (12).
(d) "I merely want to see her..." (16).

9. 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.

10. 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 moment.
(d) The memory.

11. In what condition did August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi find the man who raped Gigi in Chapter 4?
(a) The man was "asleep, alone, and snoring" (59).
(b) The man had "a needle clinched and dripping from his left hand" (59).
(c) The man hid underneath the stairs "waited for the girls and jumped out like he wanted to rape all the girls" (58).
(d) The man "...was shooting up heroin and had a look the girls had never seen before" (54).

12. 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 left to live with their mother.
(c) August's brother ran away, but their father found him hiding under a bridge.
(d) August's brother got severely beaten by their father.

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

14. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?
(a) August's birthday.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) Thanksgiving Day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

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