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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the woman who lived below August's apartment look like?
(a) The woman was scary and fat and scowled a lot.
(b) The woman never spoke to August, and always looked away when they saw each other on the stairs.
(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.

2. 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 created a plan to run away.
(c) August and her brother cried all night.
(d) August and her brother held hands.

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

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

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

6. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?
(a) "Why do you look at us that way? We don't like you" (35).
(b) "Do you want to have lunch with us. I have an extra sandwich" (33).
(c) "Why do you stare at us like that? What are you looking for?" (36).
(d) "What's your name? I've never seen you before" (36).

7. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) A leaf from her favorite tree.
(b) A butcher knife.
(c) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.
(d) A piece of broken glass.

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

9. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?
(a) The sharp edges of their collarbones.
(b) The tiny bones at the back of their necks.
(c) The expensive and beautiful clothes they wore.
(d) The way they could just look at each other without saying a word, but understood one another anyway.

10. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).
(a) August said that this new radio only reminded her of how lonely her life was.
(b) August confessed that she would reply that she was not lonely, because her brother was with her.
(c) August said that her mother's absence made her so incredibly lonely.
(d) August revealed that she would answer that she was lonely, but had no way to cure it.

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

12. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?
(a) Miss Sonja.
(b) Miss Alfia.
(c) Miss Erica.
(d) Miss Dora.

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

14. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?
(a) Gigi wanted to be a banker.
(b) Gigi wanted to be an anthropologist.
(c) Gigi wanted to become an actress.
(d) Gigi longed to be a lawyer.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?

3. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?

4. What did August and her brother feed the neighboring children in her apartment building at the end of Chapter 6?

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

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