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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sylvia's mother tell August and her friends when they visited?
(a) "Sylvia is better than you. You will never compare" (103).
(b) "Happiness is for people like us" (102).
(c) "Dreams are not for people who look like you" (103).
(d) "You cannot come over, because you are poor" (103).

2. Where did August look for Jennie's children faces at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) The faces of strangers.
(b) The streets of Brooklyn.
(c) The outside of Jennie's apartment.
(d) The hallways of her apartment building.

3. According to the middle of Chapter 12, what did August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela wear in the winter?
(a) Snow boots.
(b) Platform shoes.
(c) Sneakers with holes.
(d) Sandals with socks.

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

5. Who were the shop owners on Broadway that lived in fancy houses?
(a) Dominicans.
(b) Puerto Ricans.
(c) White people.
(d) Black-Americans.

6. What is the first thing Jerome said to August?
(a) "I know you" (100).
(b) "You are beautiful" (101)
(c) "Be mine" (102).
(d) "I love you" (100).

7. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Thankful.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

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

9. August said that her family was not poor, but instead, they were something else. What was August's family?
(a) "middle-class" (123).
(b) "...just like everyone else in Brooklyn" (123).
(c) "...merely a minority" (122).
(d) "...on the edge of poverty" (122).

10. How did Sylvia convince her father to let August, Angela, and Gigi stay over at Sylvia's house?
(a) Sylvia told her dad she would not go to law school.
(b) Sylvia said that she would never speak to him again.
(c) Sylvia threatened to run away.
(d) Sylvia said she would kill herself.

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 shared that she was fearful her mother would never return.
(c) August revealed that her father was beating her.
(d) August accepted that the girls were on earth, heading home to Brooklyn, and would most likely not leave.

12. Why did August tell Sylvia about Jerome in Chapter 9?
(a) August wanted to sound mature.
(b) August wanted to be like Sylvia.
(c) August wanted Sylvia to be jealous.
(d) August knew Sylvia liked Jerome.

13. What sort of lessons did Sylvia take that were surprising to August in Chapter 9?
(a) Violin and cello.
(b) Dance and soccer.
(c) Piano and propriety.
(d) Piano and dance.

14. How did August feel about the women her father brought home?
(a) August wished they would disappear and her own mother would return.
(b) August hated the women and asked her father to stop bringing them home.
(c) August hoped one of them would become her mother.
(d) August did not care what her father did.

15. In Chapter 9, what did August say she wanted to be when she grew up?
(a) A wife.
(b) A singer.
(c) A grown-up.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela whisper back to their boyfriends when they tried to have sex with them?

2. What happened during the summer at the start of Chapter 11?

3. What did August and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?

4. What color was Sylvia's room?

5. At the start of Chapter 11, how old did the girls turn?

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