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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 are Kelly's sisters doing while they are visiting?
(a) Talking about themselves.
(b) Helping with the baby.
(c) Cleaning the house.
(d) Asking to borrow jewelry .

2. Why is Kelly annoyed with Steve throughout the story?
(a) He messes up the house.
(b) He wakes the baby up.
(c) He doesn't help with the baby.
(d) He hasn't found a job.

3. What happens to Steve during the delivery of the baby?
(a) He becomes very supportive.
(b) He gets called to work.
(c) He passes out and hits his head.
(d) He gets sick to his stomach.

4. Where does Lia go to get help in "September Lia"?
(a) To church.
(b) To Sam.
(c) To a grief support group.
(d) To her mom.

5. What does Richard think that Julian would rather play with?
(a) The fuzzy butterfly.
(b) Trucks.
(c) The blue teddy bear.
(d) Basketballs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Steve tell Kelly in June?

2. Why does Lia chose to pay this way?

3. What does Becky offer Lia at the beginning of "September Lia?"

4. When Richard gets upset that Julian is taking up his space in his and Ayinde's bed, who ends up leaving the bed to sleep elsewhere?

5. What does the news station offer Ayinde?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kelly panic when she finds out that Steve wants to become a teacher?

2. How does Ayinde feel about her mother sending her the book Priscilla Prewitt's Baby Success?

3. How does the "smelly monstrosity of a couch that the neighbor was throwing away" give Kelly flashbacks of her childhood?

4. Ayinde always claims to want to stay at home with Julian. How does she interpret the failed job interview to justify this desire?

5. We learn Kelly wanted a normal childhood in May Kelly. What does Kelly consider a normal childhood?

6. Why does the director tell Ayinde that no one will tune in to watch her read the news?

7. Why is the thought of having intercourse so hard for Kelly?

8. Kelly jokes, "It takes a village to feed my child." What does this mean?

9. What is the symbolism of Lia tucking her hair under the baseball cap as she heads for the Parents Together Grief group?

10. When Richard asks if "it's supposed to be this hard" and he answers "everything" to Ayinde. What does Richard mean by "everything"?

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