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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Angela.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Sonja.
(d) Gigi.

2. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?
(a) Gigi should use tanning products.
(b) Gigi should should be proud of her skin tone.
(c) Gigi should talk to a dermatologist about her acne.
(d) Gigi should stay out of the sun, so that her skin did not get any darker.

3. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?
(a) The dead are placed on makeshift rafts and sent them out on the Ganges.
(b) The dead are buried next to their loved ones.
(c) The dead loved ones' bodies are placed in a special room for days before burying them.
(d) The dead are burned and their ashes are spread in the Ganges.

4. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?
(a) L and F.
(b) A and D.
(c) B and F.
(d) L and A.

5. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?
(a) Pop.
(b) The Blues.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Top 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?

2. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?

3. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?

4. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?

5. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?

(see the answer key)

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