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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did August's father die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Natural causes.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Liver disease.

2. What did Sylvia say about the altar boys at her church as a response to Gigi's secret about the pastor at her church?
(a) The altar boys only wanted to worship and go home.
(b) The altar boys should not be trusted if you were the only altar girl.
(c) The altar boys were abused.
(d) The altar boys were rude and disrespectful of the elders of the church.

3. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?
(a) "Stop worrying. She loves us. She will come for us" (15).
(b) "She's coming...soon" (14).
(c) "She is gone...There is nothing we can do" (16).
(d) "She's coming...Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" (15).

4. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?
(a) Mister Ice Cream.
(b) Mister Softee.
(c) Misses Chocolate.
(d) Misses Creamery Truck.

5. In Chapter 4, who moved into the apartment below August's family?
(a) Emily.
(b) Crystal.
(c) Jennie.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?

2. Which girl (August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela) was the most popular, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

3. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

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

5. How did August, Sylvia, and Angela respond to Gigi's rape?

(see the answer key)

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