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

2. Where was a dead woman found in the winter?
(a) The ditch near the East River.
(b) The basement of the Marcy Building.
(c) The roof of the Marcy Houses projects.
(d) The backyard of her boyfriend's apartment complex.

3. What was August's father's response in reference to Sylvia's father on Page 115?
(a) "He is a horrible father. You will not stay there."
(b) "He's a good man. He has his God. A man needs his God."
(c) "Sylvia has a conceited father and I do not like him."
(d) "August, Sylvia is not a good friend; her father has too much influence over her."

4. When Sylvia's father told August she could not come over anymore, how did August feel?
(a) August felt stupid and unambitious.
(b) August felt relieved.
(c) August felt like Sylvia was conceited.
(d) August felt like a ghetto girl.

5. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?
(a) Happy.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Sad.
(d) Thankful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August and her brother say at the door of Jennie's of apartment on Page 121?

2. What major event is described at the opening of Chapter 8?

3. How old was Jerome when he met August?

4. What happened during the summer at the start of Chapter 11?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led to the alienation between Sylvia and her friends in Chapter 10?

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

4. Who were the boyfriends that August's friends had begun seeing in Chapter 12?

5. What became August's brother's obsession when he was eight? Why?

6. What did Sister Loretta wear when she met August?

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

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

9. What was the Summer Food Service Program?

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

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