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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the girls say to boys who called August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela's names in Chapter 7?
(a) "Don't look at us. We hate you."
(b) "We are better than you and your stupid friends."
(c) "Stop trying to get into our pants. We know what you want."
(d) "Don't even say my name. Don't even put it in your mouth."

2. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) August and her brother created a plan to run away.
(b) August and her brother held hands.
(c) August and her brother sang hymns together.
(d) August and her brother cried all night.

3. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?
(a) Geppetto.
(b) Sylvia's father.
(c) The man who raped Gigi.
(d) Jackson.

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

5. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) August's birthday.
(c) Thanksgiving Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

6. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?
(a) Top 40.
(b) Pop.
(c) The Blues.
(d) Jazz.

7. 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) "Mama, these girls are beautiful. Why did you lie to me" (78)?
(c) "Mama, you are stupid for leaving us and forcing me to trust only my friends to listen to me" (75).
(d) "You were wrong, Mama. Look at us hugging. Look at us laughing. Look how we begin and end each other" (75).

8. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

9. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?
(a) August wanted to be a part of who they were.
(b) August had a natural distaste for the girls.
(c) August hated them because she had no friends.
(d) August yelled at the girls for being stuck-up.

10. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?
(a) L and A.
(b) A and D.
(c) L and F.
(d) B and F.

11. 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 ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(c) August walked the streets looking for her mother.
(d) August walked the streets for drugs.

12. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?
(a) A lack of any emotion.
(b) Extreme and unbearable sadness.
(c) Solace and ease.
(d) A sense of deep relief and fear.

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

14. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?
(a) "Why do you stare at us like that? What are you looking for?" (36).
(b) "What's your name? I've never seen you before" (36).
(c) "Why do you look at us that way? We don't like you" (35).
(d) "Do you want to have lunch with us. I have an extra sandwich" (33).

15. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) Brown University.
(b) University of Tennessee.
(c) Howard University.
(d) University of Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?

2. Who was August's "Mommy" talking to when August, her father, and her brother left Tennessee?

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

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

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

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