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

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

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

4. What did Gigi audition for at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) A school for maths and sciences in the Bronx.
(b) A performing arts school in Yonkers.
(c) A performing arts school in Manhattan.
(d) A dance school in Ithaca.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?

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

3. How old was August when she went sexually further with Jerome than just kissing at the end of Chapter 9?

4. What did August wish she had said to Angela after Angela disappeared?

5. What did Sister Loretta cook for the family when she arrived at August's family apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the images of the children of Biafra affect August?

2. Who were the boyfriends that August's friends had begun seeing in Chapter 12?

3. What does "orba" mean? Why is this word defined in the novel?

4. What is the significance of the urn described in Chapter 10?

5. How does August describe Gigi's mother in Chapter 10?

6. Who was the Son of Sam and why is he referenced?

7. What happened to Jennie's children? Why?

8. What did Sister Loretta wear when she met August?

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

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

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