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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 does Lana fear is happening to Sylvia from what Sylvia tells Lana about Devon in Chapter 29?
(a) Lana fears Sylvia thinks Devon might get better, but Devon is actually terminally ill.
(b) Lana fears Sylvia is losing her grip on reality because she thinks there is a chance Devon is coming home, but Devon is actually dead.
(c) Lana fears Sylvia is about to try to bail Devon out of jail.
(d) Lana fears Sylvia might have a drug problem.

2. Why did Devon decide to walk home instead of get in Joy's brother's car in Chapter 30?
(a) Devon knew Joy's brother was drunk.
(b) Devon had had a fight with Joy's brother before and did not want to accept a ride from him.
(c) Devon thought the car looked unsafe.
(d) Joy's brother said he did not want that black boy in his car.

3. What does JJ do with his father as a child that he remembers in Chapter 27?
(a) Play the piano.
(b) Go to poker games.
(c) Cook meals.
(d) Go to football games.

4. What did JJ and Ava find at the place where Devon was killed?
(a) A bunch of flowers.
(b) A grave marker.
(c) A drawing of Devon.
(d) A pair of Devon's shoes.

5. What does Ava tell JJ in Chapter 19 that she has only told one other person, a stranger?
(a) She just lost her job.
(b) She is getting a promotion.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is getting a divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bought Devon some food at McDonald's in Chapter 30?

2. Who was Devon's friend that he spent the most time with?

3. Who is in the house with Charlotte when Sylvia visits her?

4. What does Ava say when Sylvia asks her to leave JJ's house with her in Chapter 26?

5. Where does Sylvia first bump into James Martin when he comes back to town?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 27, what does JJ remember about doing together with his father when he was a child?

2. What does Ava do when she visits the reservoir with JJ in Chapter 34 that is dangerous and unexpected?

3. What does Ava hope might happen when she and JJ go to the spot where Devon died?

4. What is Ava's impression of James Martin, a man from her mother's past?

5. Why is JJ hesitant to bring Ava to Simmy's to eat the first time he sees her in Pinewood after decades?

6. What kinds of emotions does Sylvia experience the first time Ava brings her to JJ's house on Brushy Mountain Road?

7. Why does Sylvia seem to decide she can not help Marcus any longer in Chapter 33?

8. Why does Sylvia decide not to go through with her errand for Marcus in Chapter 22 after all?

9. What does Lana tell Sylvia about what is happening with Ava in Chapter 29?

10. What happens between Devon and the unnamed old woman who he helps with cleaning her basement?

(see the answer keys)

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