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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. What did August pray for at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) A bigger apartment.
(b) More friends.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A new job for her father.

2. What book did August's father read after Sister Loretta arrived?
(a) The Old Man and the Sea.
(b) The Book of Mormon.
(c) The Qur'an.
(d) The Bible.

3. In Chapter 12, according to August, where is "Down South?"
(a) Cuba, the southern states, or Mississippi.
(b) Jamaica, Dominican Republic, or Puerto Rico.
(c) Dominican Republic, Cuba, or Puerto Rico.
(d) El Salvador, Jamaica, or Florida.

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

5. What local girl was sent away when she got pregnant after being beaten by her mother?
(a) Jennie.
(b) Charlsetta.
(c) Dora.
(d) Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sylvia's mother tell August and her friends when they visited?

2. Why would August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela possibly get sent "Down South?"

3. How old was Jerome when he met August?

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

5. What major event is described at the opening of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were August and her brother forbidden from going out in the neighborhod in the summer of 1977?

2. What was Sylvia's family like? Did she have siblings?

3. What became August's brother's obsession when he was eight? Why?

4. What lesson did Charlsetta demonstrate to August and her friends?

5. What was the Summer Food Service Program?

6. What does August remember of Clyde?

7. How does August describe the changing perceptions of her and her friends as they began adolescence in Chapter 11?

8. To whom does August compare Jennie's children in Chapter 12?

9. What did Sister Loretta bring to August's household?

10. What did Sylvia's father do to her boyfriend in Chapter 13? Why?

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