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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sylvia's father told August she could not come over anymore, how did August feel?
(a) August felt relieved.
(b) August felt like a ghetto girl.
(c) August felt like Sylvia was conceited.
(d) August felt stupid and unambitious.

2. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?
(a) Life.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) People.
(d) Time.

3. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?
(a) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi determined that they would carry razor blades with them.
(b) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decided to tell the police.
(c) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi chose to always walk Gigi to her apartment.
(d) August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi resolved to kill any man who approached them.

4. Which girl (August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela) was the most popular, as mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Gigi.
(b) Angela.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) August.

5. Who was August's "Mommy" talking to when August, her father, and her brother left Tennessee?
(a) Another man.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Uncle Clyde.
(d) Ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?

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

3. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?

4. What passion did August's brother discover when he is eight years old?

5. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).

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