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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?
(a) "Mama, these girls are beautiful. Why did you lie to me" (78)?
(b) "You were wrong, Mama. Look at us hugging. Look at us laughing. Look how we begin and end each other" (75).
(c) "You were right, Mama. These girls were not to be trusted. I do need to keep them at arms' length" (76).
(d) "Mama, you are stupid for leaving us and forcing me to trust only my friends to listen to me" (75).

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

3. On the final Page of Chapter 11, what realization did August have?
(a) August accepted that the girls were on earth, heading home to Brooklyn, and would most likely not leave.
(b) August reminded Angela that life would always be difficult, and there was nothing they could do.
(c) August revealed that her father was beating her.
(d) August shared that she was fearful her mother would never return.

4. What did August and her brother believe happened to their father's fingers well into their teens?
(a) A dog had eaten their father's fingers.
(b) Their mother bit their father's fingers off.
(c) The war took their father's fingers away.
(d) Their father lost his fingers in a fight.

5. What did August wish she had said to Angela after Angela disappeared?
(a) "Don't believe them" (133).
(b) "See you tomorrow" (132).
(c) "We'll come with you - wherever you go" (132).
(d) "Wait! We love you" (132).

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?

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

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

4. How old was Jerome when he met August?

5. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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