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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which girl (August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela) was the most popular, as mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) August.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Gigi.
(d) Angela.

2. How much older is August than her brother?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

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

4. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?
(a) Keep women close, because they will always be there to help.
(b) Women are beautiful creatures, whereas men will turn against you.
(c) Keep women away, because they cannot be trusted.
(d) Women are wicked and cruel and only want to hurt you.

5. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?
(a) "Still whole?"
(b) "Have you seen mom yet?"
(c) "What will you do now?"
(d) "Do you think it is better he [father] is dead?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?

2. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?

3. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?

4. How did August's father die?

5. Who was August's "Mommy" talking to when August, her father, and her brother left Tennessee?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does August say about the children of Biafra in 1968?

2. How did drug abuse factor into August's childhood?

3. What is the significance of the quote that opens the novel?

4. What is the career choice that August has chosen? Why is this significant?

5. How does August describe her feelings about Sylvia when they were young?

6. From what perspective and tense is the story related? How is the novel framed?

7. Who was Jennie and how is she described in the narrative?

8. What led to August's father taking his children to Brooklyn?

9. Why did August think that her mother would come to her in Brooklyn while growing up?

10. In what ways did August and her friends protect themselves from the streets when they were adolescents?

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