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

2. What happened when August, Sylvia, and Gigi called Angela's house toward the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Angela's father answered the phone.
(b) Angela answered the phone and said she could not come out.
(c) The phone kept ringing and ringing.
(d) The phone was disconnected.

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

4. What did every school building give out after the major event took place described in Chapter 8?
(a) Free clothes.
(b) Free school supplies.
(c) Free books.
(d) Free lunch.

5. How did Angela's boyfriend speak according to the start of Chapter 12?
(a) Angela's boyfriend spoke softly and quietly.
(b) Angela's boyfriend spoke with confidence.
(c) Angela's boyfriend had a southern accent.
(d) Angela's boyfriend had a slip.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who were the shop owners on Broadway that lived in fancy houses?

3. In Chapter 8, what did August hear when her father started bringing women to the apartment for the first time?

4. At the start of Chapter 11, how old did the girls turn?

5. In Chapter 9, what did August say she wanted to be when she grew up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was August affected by her interactions with Sylvia's family?

2. What does August say about her Muslim beliefs in Chapter 9?

3. What is the significance of the urn described in Chapter 10?

4. What did Sylvia's father do to her boyfriend in Chapter 13? Why?

5. How did August and her friends explore sexuality in Chapter 11?

6. What is August's first memory of Jerome?

7. What does "gentrification" mean and how does it apply in the novel?

8. What was the Summer Food Service Program?

9. How does August describe Gigi's mother in Chapter 10?

10. Why were August and her brother forbidden from going out in the neighborhod in the summer of 1977?

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