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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joyce encourage Ava to do about Eddie and him going to jail?
(a) drop it
(b) ask the police
(c) ask his brother
(d) talk to him

2. Where has Joyce decided the Sewing Circus will meet?
(a) at the recreation center
(b) at the high school
(c) she doesn't know where
(d) at the YMCA

3. Why does Ava decide to move?
(a) her daughter needs a better school
(b) her boyfriend left
(c) her health
(d) her mother needs her

4. What does Ava hear when she goes to get her medicine?
(a) the pharmacist talking on the phone about her
(b) Joyce's neighbor complaining about her
(c) Gerry Anderson talking about Joyce
(d) the pharmacist discussing it with Gerry Anderson

5. How does Joyce feel towards Imani?
(a) indifferent
(b) very possessive
(c) very attached
(d) irritated

6. How does Eddie wear his hair?
(a) short, military style
(b) in dreadlocks
(c) dyed blond and spiked
(d) he's bald

7. What does Ava do with Gerry when she comes over?
(a) slaps her in the face
(b) sits and talks with her
(c) doesn't invite her inside
(d) serves her iced tea

8. What color are all the rooms in Joyce's house painted?
(a) white
(b) blue
(c) black
(d) yellow

9. Why is Ava remaining celibate?
(a) she is too sick for sex
(b) she has to take care of the baby too much
(c) because of being HIV positive
(d) she hasn't met any guys

10. 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 poor and grubby looking
(b) they are about the same
(c) they are fully integrated
(d) they are much nicer

11. From whom did Joyce receive a letter in July?
(a) Reverend Anderson
(b) an ex-boyfriend
(c) a friend from college
(d) a wealthy uncle

12. How does Joyce feel about the reputation of the group with some people?
(a) grateful
(b) happy
(c) angry
(d) dismayed

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

14. How many children has Joyce lost?
(a) one
(b) none
(c) three
(d) two

15. What was Joyce told in July about her Sewing Circus?
(a) they were to include boys in it
(b) it could no longer meet at church
(c) they needed to change their meeting time
(d) they had to meet in a different room

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ava feel towards Imani?

2. What does the new preacher's wife do on Sunday?

3. What does Ava think about the new preacher's competency in the pulpit?

4. Why is Ava not surprised Joyce didn't meet her?

5. What does Ava figure out about the love life she had that gave her HIV?

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