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

3. How did August, Sylvia, and Angela respond to Gigi's rape?
(a) August, Sylvia, and Angela told Gigi that she could stay at Sylvia's house to get away from him.
(b) August, Sylvia, and Angela promised to find the man and kill him.
(c) August, Sylvia, and Angela made a plan to run away with Gigi.
(d) August, Sylvia, and Angela insisted that Gigi immediately tell her mother.

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

5. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?
(a) Gigi should should be proud of her skin tone.
(b) Gigi should use tanning products.
(c) Gigi should talk to a dermatologist about her acne.
(d) Gigi should stay out of the sun, so that her skin did not get any darker.

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

7. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) University of Texas.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Brown University.
(d) University of Tennessee.

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

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

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

11. According to the Quote that precedes the narrative, what will you find when you turn right?
(a) The files of SweetGrove.
(b) A peach tree blooming.
(c) An old wise man.
(d) The threat of teenage boys.

12. 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 became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (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 was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).

13. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?
(a) Top 40.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Pop.
(d) The Blues.

14. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) August and her brother sang hymns together.
(b) August and her brother held hands.
(c) August and her brother cried all night.
(d) August and her brother created a plan to run away.

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