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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "something new, unfamiliar" (154) that August describes her future stretching toward in Chapter 14?
(a) The arts.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Marriage and family.
(d) The Ivy League.

2. What did August and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?
(a) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to dye her hair blonde.
(b) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to wear her hair down more often.
(c) August and her brother asked Sister Loretta to show them her hair.
(d) August and her brother told Sister Loretta to cut her hair short like their mother.

3. What was Sylvia wearing when August saw her after three months, according to the narrative in Chapter 14?
(a) Jeans and a t-shirt.
(b) A wedding dress.
(c) A school uniform.
(d) A mini-skirt and sweater.

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

5. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?
(a) August's father took a knife and cut the top of the window frame.
(b) August's father put a dark sheet over it and told them to stop looking out of it.
(c) August's father broke the window and yelled at August and her brother.
(d) August's father replaced it with a new window that made it easier for August and her brother to see through.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did August cry for a week when she turned 30?

2. How did August learn about french kissing?

3. In Chapter 9, what did Sister Loretta call the food that August's family ate before she started coming to the apartment?

4. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?

5. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?

(see the answer key)

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