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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?
(a) Her maternal grandfather.
(b) Her great-great aunt.
(c) Her paternal grandmother.
(d) Her second cousin.

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 are placed on makeshift rafts and sent them out on the Ganges.
(c) The dead loved ones' bodies are placed in a special room for days before burying them.
(d) The dead are burned and their ashes are spread in the Ganges.

4. 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.

5. 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).

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

7. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?
(a) "You were wrong, Mama. Look at us hugging. Look at us laughing. Look how we begin and end each other" (75).
(b) "Mama, you are stupid for leaving us and forcing me to trust only my friends to listen to me" (75).
(c) "Mama, these girls are beautiful. Why did you lie to me" (78)?
(d) "You were right, Mama. These girls were not to be trusted. I do need to keep them at arms' length" (76).

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

9. 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 could not play with August, because August was poor.
(c) Gigi should stay away from men on the streets.
(d) Gigi had her grandmother's eyes.

10. 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 dark and reedy and wore a long, black wig.
(c) The woman had a long neck...and smelt like cigarette smoke.
(d) The woman was scary and fat and scowled a lot.

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

12. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?
(a) Every song.
(b) The night sky.
(c) Young boys.
(d) Blurry memories.

13. 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) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.
(c) A butcher knife.
(d) A leaf from her favorite tree.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?

4. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?

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

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