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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sylvia convince her father to let August, Angela, and Gigi stay over at Sylvia's house?
(a) Sylvia told her dad she would not go to law school.
(b) Sylvia said she would kill herself.
(c) Sylvia threatened to run away.
(d) Sylvia said that she would never speak to him again.

2. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Angela.
(b) Sonja.
(c) Gigi.
(d) Sylvia.

3. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?
(a) "Why did God only love the white people?" (23).
(b) "Do you even exist? If so, why are you so unfair?" (21).
(c) "What does God do with his daughters?" (23).
(d) "How could God take away my mother?" (22).

4. What temperature did it raise the summer August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela had boyfriends? (123-124).
(a) Over 99 degrees.
(b) 89 degrees.
(c) Over 100 degrees.
(d) 99 degrees.

5. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?
(a) The expensive and beautiful clothes they wore.
(b) The sharp edges of their collarbones.
(c) The tiny bones at the back of their necks.
(d) The way they could just look at each other without saying a word, but understood one another anyway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?

2. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?

3. Why did August tell Sylvia about Jerome in Chapter 9?

4. What did Jerome do to August's body for the first time in Chapter 12?

5. On the final Page of Chapter 11, what realization did August have?

(see the answer key)

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