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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the color of the pullout sofa in August's childhood apartment?
(a) Light red.
(b) Dark brown.
(c) Dark green.
(d) Dark blue.

2. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?
(a) Gigi wanted to be a banker.
(b) Gigi wanted to become an actress.
(c) Gigi longed to be a lawyer.
(d) Gigi wanted to be an anthropologist.

3. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?
(a) National Geographic.
(b) Life.
(c) People.
(d) Time.

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

5. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) August roamed the streets asking for money.
(b) August walked the streets for drugs.
(c) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(d) August walked the streets looking for her mother.

6. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?
(a) SweetGrove.
(b) BitterFields.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Tennessee Swamp.

7. 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) Their father's grave sight.
(c) A drive to Tennessee to visit family.
(d) A diner in New Jersey.

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

9. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?
(a) Mister Softee.
(b) Misses Creamery Truck.
(c) Misses Chocolate.
(d) Mister Ice Cream.

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

11. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?
(a) Sylvia looked so different that August barely recognized her.
(b) Sylvia had not aged at all and had reddish brown hair.
(c) Sylvia had not aged at all and was dressed in expensive clothing.
(d) Sylvia had a child on her lap and looked content.

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

13. Who was August's "Mommy" talking to when August, her father, and her brother left Tennessee?
(a) Uncle Clyde.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Another man.
(d) Ghosts.

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

15. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).
(a) August confessed that she would reply that she was not lonely, because her brother was with her.
(b) August revealed that she would answer that she was lonely, but had no way to cure it.
(c) August said that this new radio only reminded her of how lonely her life was.
(d) August said that her mother's absence made her so incredibly lonely.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?

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

5. What is the origin of August's birth name?

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