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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through June, Chapters 8, 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What's the first thing Ava notices about Joyce when she greets her?
(a) She has a broken arm
(b) She has dyed her hair
(c) She looks depressed
(d) She's gained weight

2. Who does Ava plan to see during her move?
(a) her best friend from high school
(b) her sister
(c) her grandmother
(d) her father

3. What is wrong with the baby Joyce helped deliver the night Ava arrived?
(a) has a heart murmur
(b) is too large
(c) addicted to crack
(d) has a deformed head

4. What happens when Eddie and Ava are stopped?
(a) the tire on the car goes flat
(b) they discover they have no money
(c) a man starts to fight with a girl
(d) Ava gets sick

5. How does Ava see the difference in the condition of homes in the area near the lake from the last time she was there?
(a) they are much nicer
(b) they are about the same
(c) they are fully integrated
(d) they are poor and grubby looking

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Ava's romantic life been up to the point of the beginning of the book?

2. What did the area of Idlewild on the lake used to be when Ava was young?

3. What type of job did Ava have?

4. What was one of the main aspects of Ava's circle of friends' lifestyle she didn't like?

5. Where does Joyce's group meet?

(see the answer key)

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