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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confession did Angela make to the girls on Page 113?
(a) Angela started her period.
(b) Angela slept with a boy.
(c) Angela wanted to run away.
(d) Angela did not know where her mother was.

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

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

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

5. What did Jerome do to August's body for the first time in Chapter 12?
(a) Jerome and August had sex.
(b) Jerome put his mouth on August's stomach.
(c) Jerome put his mouth on August's body.
(d) Jerome put his hands in August's pants.

6. What temperature did it raise the summer August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela had boyfriends? (123-124).
(a) Over 99 degrees.
(b) 89 degrees.
(c) 99 degrees.
(d) Over 100 degrees.

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

8. What kind of car did August's white neighbors drive when they left in Chapter 8?
(a) Ford trucks.
(b) Chevy convertibles.
(c) Station wagons.
(d) Mercedes sedans.

9. What color was Sylvia's room?
(a) Purple.
(b) Blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) Green.

10. In Chapter 8, what did August hear when her father started bringing women to the apartment for the first time?
(a) Screaming and crying.
(b) Banging and yelling.
(c) Whispers and bottles breaking.
(d) Hushed laughter and moans.

11. Where was a dead woman found in the winter?
(a) The basement of the Marcy Building.
(b) The ditch near the East River.
(c) The backyard of her boyfriend's apartment complex.
(d) The roof of the Marcy Houses projects.

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

13. What did Jerome do to August that was the first sign of their relationship?
(a) Jerome waved at August on the street.
(b) Jerome left August a note at her apartment door.
(c) Jerome kissed August.
(d) Jerome winked at August.

14. What did every school building give out after the major event took place described in Chapter 8?
(a) Free books.
(b) Free clothes.
(c) Free school supplies.
(d) Free lunch.

15. What did Angela whisper into August's ear on the Fourth of July near the East River?
(a) "I hate Brooklyn. I'm moving to LA to be a famous actress" (117).
(b) "We are all going to make it out of here. There is more to life" (116).
(c) "Why do you not tell Sylvia how much you admire her?" (117).
(d) "I'm gonna leave this place one day" (117).

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?

2. How did Sylvia convince her father to let August, Angela, and Gigi stay over at Sylvia's house?

3. In Chapter 9, what did Sister Loretta call the food that August's family ate before she started coming to the apartment?

4. How did August feel about the women her father brought home?

5. Where did August look for Jennie's children faces at the start of Chapter 12?

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