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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, Sylvia, and Angela respond to Gigi's rape?
(a) August, Sylvia, and Angela insisted that Gigi immediately tell her mother.
(b) August, Sylvia, and Angela promised to find the man and kill him.
(c) August, Sylvia, and Angela made a plan to run away with Gigi.
(d) August, Sylvia, and Angela told Gigi that she could stay at Sylvia's house to get away from him.

2. As an adult returning to New York, where did August and her brother go after their father's funeral?
(a) Their father's apartment to organize his things.
(b) A drive to Tennessee to visit family.
(c) A diner in New Jersey.
(d) Their father's grave sight.

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

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?
(a) Every song.
(b) Young boys.
(c) Blurry memories.
(d) The night sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?

2. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?

3. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?

4. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?

5. What did the woman who lived below August's apartment look like?

(see the answer key)

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