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

2. What did Sylvia bring to the park to share with the girls after she had left their school?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A nude photo of her boyfriend.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A joint.

3. In Chapter 12, according to August, where is "Down South?"
(a) Jamaica, Dominican Republic, or Puerto Rico.
(b) Cuba, the southern states, or Mississippi.
(c) El Salvador, Jamaica, or Florida.
(d) Dominican Republic, Cuba, or Puerto Rico.

4. How did August learn about french kissing?
(a) August actually did not know, but she just tried to impress him.
(b) August had practiced with Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi.
(c) August had seen her father kiss many women.
(d) August learned by watching television shows.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did August wish she had said to Angela after Angela disappeared?

3. What did Gigi audition for at the start of Chapter 10?

4. What did Jerome do to August's body for the first time in Chapter 12?

5. How old was August when she went sexually further with Jerome than just kissing at the end of Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson did Charlsetta demonstrate to August and her friends?

2. What does "orba" mean? Why is this word defined in the novel?

3. What did Sylvia's father say about August's father in Chapter 11?

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

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

6. What was Sylvia's family like? Did she have siblings?

7. What happened to Angela's mother?

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

9. What did Angela say to August during the fireworks in Chapter 11? How did August respond?

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

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