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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the start of Chapter 11, how old did the girls turn?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

3. August said that her family was not poor, but instead, they were something else. What was August's family?
(a) "...merely a minority" (122).
(b) "middle-class" (123).
(c) "...just like everyone else in Brooklyn" (123).
(d) "...on the edge of poverty" (122).

4. How many sisters did Sylvia have according to August in Chapter 9?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

5. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?
(a) "The Great Girl."
(b) "Keep on Livin'."
(c) "Amazing Grace."
(d) "The Blues Are No Good."

Short Answer Questions

1. What confession did Angela make to the girls on Page 113?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what did August notice about the white people in her apartment building?

4. What happened during the summer at the start of Chapter 11?

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

(see the answer key)

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