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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's mother tell August and her friends when they visited?
(a) "You cannot come over, because you are poor" (103).
(b) "Dreams are not for people who look like you" (103).
(c) "Sylvia is better than you. You will never compare" (103).
(d) "Happiness is for people like us" (102).

2. How did Sylvia convince her father to let August, Angela, and Gigi stay over at Sylvia's house?
(a) Sylvia said she would kill herself.
(b) Sylvia said that she would never speak to him again.
(c) Sylvia told her dad she would not go to law school.
(d) Sylvia threatened to run away.

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

4. What did Angela whisper into August's ear on the Fourth of July near the East River?
(a) "We are all going to make it out of here. There is more to life" (116).
(b) "Why do you not tell Sylvia how much you admire her?" (117).
(c) "I hate Brooklyn. I'm moving to LA to be a famous actress" (117).
(d) "I'm gonna leave this place one day" (117).

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Sylvia's room?

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

3. In Chapter 9, what did August say she wanted to be when she grew up?

4. How did August feel about the women her father brought home?

5. At the start of Chapter 9, what song was August's father listening to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How was August affected by her interactions with Sylvia's family?

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

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

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

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

9. What happened to Angela's mother?

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

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