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

2. 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.

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

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

5. At the start of Chapter 9, what song was August's father listening to?
(a) "Love is Blind."
(b) "Helter Skelter."
(c) "Sweet Home Alabama."
(d) "Misty Blue."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did August and her brother believe happened to their father's fingers well into their teens?

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

4. How did Angela's boyfriend speak according to the start of Chapter 12?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "gentrification" mean and how does it apply in the novel?

2. What led to the alienation between Sylvia and her friends in Chapter 10?

3. What happened to Angela's mother?

4. What does August remember of Clyde?

5. How is Alana described in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

9. What did Angela say to August during the fireworks in Chapter 11? How did August respond?

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

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