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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela possibly get sent "Down South?"
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) Bad behavior.
(c) Skipping school.
(d) Having boyfriends.

2. How old was Jerome when he met August?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

3. What did August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela whisper back to their boyfriends when they tried to have sex with them?
(a) "Not that, not yet" (125).
(b) "Please, be gentle" (125).
(c) "We are too young" (124).
(d) "We are only girls. Wait until we are women" (126).

4. What happened when August, Sylvia, and Gigi called Angela's house toward the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Angela's father answered the phone.
(b) Angela answered the phone and said she could not come out.
(c) The phone was disconnected.
(d) The phone kept ringing and ringing.

5. What did Angela say after a dead woman was found in Brooklyn during the winter?
(a) "I wonder if the dead woman is my other" (129).
(b) "My mother is the dead woman" (130).
(c) "I don't know where my mother is" (129).
(d) "My father murdered my mother" (129).

6. What did Sister Loretta cook for the family when she arrived at August's family apartment?
(a) Spaghetti with real tomato sauce.
(b) Navy beans and eggplant Parmesan.
(c) Eggplant Parmesan and shrimp.
(d) Navy beans and collared greens.

7. What did Sylvia bring to the park to share with the girls after she had left their school?
(a) A joint.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A nude photo of her boyfriend.
(d) A cigarette.

8. What major event is described at the opening of Chapter 8?
(a) A blackout in New York City.
(b) A massive fire that broke out in San Francisco.
(c) The 9/11 attacks on New York City.
(d) August's family's return to SweetGrove.

9. What was found in the dead woman's pocket once the police find her in Chapter 12?
(a) A picture of a young man and $10.
(b) A necklace with a gold cross.
(c) A health insurance card and a license.
(d) A Medicaid card and a $5 food stamp.

10. How many days did Angela stay at August's apartment after her mother did not return home?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

11. On the final Page of Chapter 11, what realization did August have?
(a) August reminded Angela that life would always be difficult, and there was nothing they could do.
(b) August revealed that her father was beating her.
(c) August accepted that the girls were on earth, heading home to Brooklyn, and would most likely not leave.
(d) August shared that she was fearful her mother would never return.

12. How many sisters did Sylvia have according to August in Chapter 9?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

13. What did August and her brother believe happened to their father's fingers well into their teens?
(a) The war took their father's fingers away.
(b) Their mother bit their father's fingers off.
(c) A dog had eaten their father's fingers.
(d) Their father lost his fingers in a fight.

14. What did August and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?
(a) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to dye her hair blonde.
(b) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to wear her hair down more often.
(c) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to cut her hair short like their mother.
(d) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to show them her hair.

15. What was August's father's response in reference to Sylvia's father on Page 115?
(a) "Sylvia has a conceited father and I do not like him."
(b) "He is a horrible father. You will not stay there."
(c) "August, Sylvia is not a good friend; her father has too much influence over her."
(d) "He's a good man. He has his God. A man needs his God."

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did August's father read after Sister Loretta arrived?

2. What kind of uniform was Sylvia wearing when August saw her in the streets after Sylvia had left August's school at the end of Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 12, according to August, where is "Down South?"

4. What local girl was sent away when she got pregnant after being beaten by her mother?

5. Where was a dead woman found in the winter?

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