2. What is Steve carrying when he returns home and finds Kelly with the reporter?
(a) Discount diapers.
(b) Flowers for Kelly.
(c) Groceries.
(d) New clothes.

3. What do Kelly and her siblings decide is worse than being poor?
(a) Being hungry.
(b) Accepting charity.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Being rich.

4. How does Lia expect Sam to feel toward her?
(a) Angry.
(b) In love.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Happy.

5. What is the first thing that Kelly must do when she arrives at the work function with Oliver in tow?
(a) Check on the menu.
(b) Organize the entertainment.
(c) Change his smelly diaper.
(d) Feed Oliver.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mimi react to the news that Becky and Andrew won't be at her Christmas celebration?

2. While the friends are at the park, Lia notices something about Oliver. What does Lia notice about Oliver?

3. While Lia is working at Mas she sees the woman who touched her so deeply at the grief group. What about this woman catches Lia off guard in the restaurant?

4. What is in the bag that Andrew brings home from the drugstore when he returns to Becky in "January Becky"?

5. How does Becky describe the clothes that Mimi puts on Ava?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the huge plot twist that happens in "January Becky"?

2. How does the fact that Julian is crying when Kelly and Lia arrive and the knowledge that Ayinde didn't know he was crying show the emotional turmoil that she is going through?

3. What action shows that Ayinde is beginning to come to terms with Richard's infidelity and the resulting child?

4. Lia calls her mother at the end of the "January Kelly" with the intent of asking her to meet her so she can forgive her and let her know it. How does Lia's mother turn the tables?

5. How is Lia's final dream symbolic of her improved mental state and also a promise of things to come?

6. Kelly has been driven by appearances and having everything perfect. How does this change in "February Kelly"?

7. What is Kelly trying to do by not letting Steve help even when he offers?

8. How does the readers' perception of Steve change in "January Kelly"?

9. Explain how the title of the story has a double meaning.

10. How is Richard able to show his love for Ayinde during the crisis of baby Julian's sickness?

(see the answer keys)

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