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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?
(a) Miss Sonja.
(b) Miss Alfia.
(c) Miss Erica.
(d) Miss Dora.

2. What kind of uniform was Sylvia wearing when August saw her in the streets after Sylvia had left August's school at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) St. Thomas Gregory.
(b) St. Thomas Auquarius.
(c) St. Thomas Auquinas.
(d) St. Thomas Peter.

3. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.
(b) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.
(c) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.
(d) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 5, what did Gigi's mom do for a living?
(a) Gigi's mom had no job and was on employment.
(b) Gigi's mom was a teacher.
(c) Gigi's mom was a dancer.
(d) Gigi's mom was a banker.

5. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?
(a) A therapist, Sister Sonja.
(b) A mosque to pray.
(c) A boarding school in New York City.
(d) August's mother's home in Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?

2. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?

3. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?

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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