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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August, Chapters 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the things that bothers Ava about marriage and being HIV positive?
(a) not having children
(b) what others will say about Eddie
(c) Eddie having to nurse her eventually
(d) using protection with her husband

2. Why did Ava wake up when a car pulled in at Joyce's?
(a) the lights shine in her room
(b) Eddie was supposed to come over
(c) the car backfired
(d) she wasn't expecting anyone

3. How does Ava feel about her experience with Eddie the night before?
(a) happy and upbeat
(b) okay
(c) confused
(d) frightened

4. What does Joyce do with the baby?
(a) gives her to Child Welfare
(b) leaves her at the hospital
(c) gives her to Ava
(d) brings her home

5. What does the baby's name mean in Swahili?
(a) grace
(b) joy
(c) hope
(d) faith

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Joyce's husband?

2. Where does Ava live at the opening of the book?

3. What does Johnny Mack tell Eddie?

4. Why did Ava ask Joyce about Eddie's jail time?

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

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