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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).
(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).

2. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.
(b) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.
(c) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.
(d) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.

3. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?
(a) "What does God do with his daughters?" (23).
(b) "How could God take away my mother?" (22).
(c) "Do you even exist? If so, why are you so unfair?" (21).
(d) "Why did God only love the white people?" (23).

4. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?
(a) Mister Ice Cream.
(b) Misses Creamery Truck.
(c) Mister Softee.
(d) Misses Chocolate.

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

6. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?
(a) Sylvia's father.
(b) The man who raped Gigi.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Geppetto.

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

8. 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) Pop.
(c) The Blues.
(d) Jazz.

9. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) August walked the streets looking for her mother.
(b) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(c) August roamed the streets asking for money.
(d) August walked the streets for drugs.

10. 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 lack of any emotion.
(d) A sense of deep relief and fear.

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

12. When August asked about the jar in the apartment, what did her father tell her?
(a) August's father told her it held all of her mother's most cherished things.
(b) August's father said the jar had all the money he had saved to get them out of their dilapidated apartment.
(c) August's father told her that it was none of her business.
(d) August's father said the jar contained ashes.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August, Sylvia, and Angela respond to Gigi's rape?

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

3. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?

4. What is the origin of August's birth name?

5. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?

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