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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Sonja.
(c) Alafia.
(d) Fatima.

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

4. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?
(a) Gigi should stay away from men on the streets.
(b) Gigi had to become an actress.
(c) Gigi had her grandmother's eyes.
(d) Gigi could not play with August, because August was poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?

3. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?

4. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?

5. How much older is August than her brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. From what perspective and tense is the story related? How is the novel framed?

2. What did Gigi's mother tell her about her appearance when she was six?

3. What tragic event befell Gigi when she was 12?

4. How is the novel structured? Is the story related in a linear fashion or nonlinear? Why is this important?

5. Why did Gigi warn her friends not to sing in their churches' choirs?

6. What did SweetGrove represent to August when she was growing up?

7. Who was Jennie and how is she described in the narrative?

8. Why did August think that her mother would come to her in Brooklyn while growing up?

9. What is the Nation of Islam? How does it factor into the novel?

10. Who was Miss Dora and how is she described in the narrative?

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