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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. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Thankful.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

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

3. What is the first thing Jerome said to August?
(a) "I love you" (100).
(b) "Be mine" (102).
(c) "I know you" (100).
(d) "You are beautiful" (101)

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

5. What passion did August's brother discover when he is eight years old?
(a) Math.
(b) Physics.
(c) Writing.
(d) English literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sisters did Sylvia have according to August in Chapter 9?

2. What was August's father's response in reference to Sylvia's father on Page 115?

3. What color was Sylvia's room?

4. What did August and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?

5. What did August and her brother say at the door of Jennie's of apartment on Page 121?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does August remember of Clyde?

3. What did Sylvia's father say about August's father in Chapter 11?

4. What is August's first memory of Jerome?

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

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

7. What does August say about her Muslim beliefs in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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