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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened during the summer at the start of Chapter 11?
(a) The girls stopped talking.
(b) Men and boys were everywhere.
(c) The heat kept everyone inside.
(d) The lights went out in Brooklyn.

2. What did Jerome do to August's body for the first time in Chapter 12?
(a) Jerome and August had sex.
(b) Jerome put his mouth on August's body.
(c) Jerome put his hands in August's pants.
(d) Jerome put his mouth on August's stomach.

3. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) "To come home" (111).
(b) "To replace Sister Loretta" (112).
(c) "To never come back" (110).
(d) "To be patient" (112).

4. Why did August tell Sylvia about Jerome in Chapter 9?
(a) August knew Sylvia liked Jerome.
(b) August wanted Sylvia to be jealous.
(c) August wanted to be like Sylvia.
(d) August wanted to sound mature.

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

6. What confession did Angela make to the girls on Page 113?
(a) Angela wanted to run away.
(b) Angela started her period.
(c) Angela did not know where her mother was.
(d) Angela slept with a boy.

7. In Chapter 9, what did Sister Loretta call the food that August's family ate before she started coming to the apartment?
(a) The white devil's poison.
(b) Home cooking.
(c) Peasant fare.
(d) Fatty and not nutritious.

8. What did August and her brother believe happened to their father's fingers well into their teens?
(a) Their mother bit their father's fingers off.
(b) Their father lost his fingers in a fight.
(c) The war took their father's fingers away.
(d) A dog had eaten their father's fingers.

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

10. Why would August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela possibly get sent "Down South?"
(a) Bad behavior.
(b) Skipping school.
(c) Pregnancy.
(d) Having boyfriends.

11. What local girl was sent away when she got pregnant after being beaten by her mother?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Charlsetta.
(c) Jennie.
(d) Dora.

12. 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 Auquinas.
(b) St. Thomas Gregory.
(c) St. Thomas Peter.
(d) St. Thomas Auquarius.

13. What did August and her brother say at the door of Jennie's of apartment on Page 121?
(a) "Open the door."
(b) "Jennie, we are always here for you."
(c) "Please, let us help."
(d) "The kid are crying. Feed them!"

14. In Chapter 9, what did August say she wanted to be when she grew up?
(a) A grown-up.
(b) A singer.
(c) A wife.
(d) A teacher.

15. At the start of Chapter 9, what song was August's father listening to?
(a) "Sweet Home Alabama."
(b) "Misty Blue."
(c) "Helter Skelter."
(d) "Love is Blind."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sylvia's father told August she could not come over anymore, how did August feel?

2. What did August and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?

3. What did Angela say after a dead woman was found in Brooklyn during the winter?

4. What did Angela whisper into August's ear on the Fourth of July near the East River?

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

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