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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. While the friends are at the park, Lia notices something about Oliver. What does Lia notice about Oliver?
(a) That he is growing up, becoming a little boy.
(b) That he has his first tooth.
(c) That he has lost weight.
(d) That he looks like his dad.

2. How does Steve react when he returns home and finds Kelly with the reporter and photographer?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Proud.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jealous.

3. What happens when the photographer opens the closet?
(a) All of the clutter avalanches.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The baby cries.
(d) The door falls off the hinges.

4. What do the friends make Lia promise to return for?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Birthdays.
(c) Becky's baby shower.
(d) Thanksgiving.

5. Who is Lia waiting on when she sees Merrill in the restaurant?
(a) Grumpy Granny and her husband.
(b) Sam.
(c) A young mother with a baby.
(d) Becky.

Short Answer Questions

1. As "January Lia" ends, what is Lia doing?

2. Who is the letter in "February Becky" from?

3. What nickname does Steve call Oliver?

4. When Becky wakes up sick, what does she ask Andrew to bring her?

5. What do Sam and Lia do in the car on the way home from the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mimi's self-absorption shown in "October Becky"?

2. In the chapter "February Lia," how is it shown that Lia is still in love and wants to reach out to Sam?

3. How does the author show the difference in the mothers' personalities as they are walking with the babies in their strollers?

4. How does Ayinde implement what she learned from her parents in her childhood: that she was a lucky little girl to live so well and she had to be kind and helpful to those less fortunate?

5. 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?

6. How does the author begin to show suspense in "December Ayinde"?

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

8. How does the need for communication show in "February Kelly"?

9. How is Becky's sense of humor shown in "October Becky"?

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

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