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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?
(a) The moment.
(b) The memory.
(c) The loss of a mother.
(d) The end of childhood.

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

3. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) Howard University.
(b) Brown University.
(c) University of Texas.
(d) University of Tennessee.

4. How much older is August than her brother?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

5. 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 were rude and disrespectful of the elders of the church.
(c) The altar boys should not be trusted if you were the only altar girl.
(d) The altar boys were abused.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?

3. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?

4. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?

5. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?

(see the answer key)

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