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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Joyce work?
(a) she works alone
(b) everyone
(c) black girls
(d) gang members

2. What do Eddie, Joyce and Ava do about the baby Joyce brought home?
(a) throw a party
(b) take up a collection for expenses
(c) plan for a happy life for her
(d) buy a bunch of food

3. Where does Aretha want to go to school?
(a) Witney-Combs
(b) Interlochen
(c) Julliard
(d) Snider

4. When does Joyce think the Sewing Circus is going to end?
(a) she wants to continue it indefinitely
(b) until Ava leaves
(c) until the girls graduate
(d) through Christmas

5. Where does Joyce's group meet?
(a) the church
(b) the library
(c) the hospital
(d) the YMCA

6. What happened to Joyce on the eve of her wedding?
(a) her sister left the state
(b) her father disappeared
(c) her groom died
(d) her mother committed suicide

7. Where does Ava live at the opening of the book?
(a) Richmond
(b) Birmingham
(c) Atlanta
(d) San Fransico

8. What is one of Ava's big objections to Baptist teachings?
(a) not being able to dance
(b) not being a good person
(c) not being able to gamble
(d) fire and brimstone

9. How does Ava feel towards Imani?
(a) jealous
(b) annoyed
(c) bored
(d) happy

10. Why does Imani whimper?
(a) wants to be picked up
(b) she doesn't whimper
(c) wants to be fed
(d) she's going through withdrawal

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

12. What does Ava do when she sees Eddie?
(a) she sprays him with water
(b) she watches him
(c) she sits on the lawn where he can't see her
(d) she walks past the house

13. What does Ava think about the baby's life to come?
(a) Ava will be in San Fransico
(b) it won't be a good one
(c) the baby will stay an addict
(d) she will probably miss some of it

14. What did the mother do with the baby?
(a) abused her
(b) gave her to the father
(c) abandoned her
(d) gave her to her mother

15. Why is Joyce fearful about Imani?
(a) the government will take her
(b) she is very sick
(c) the birth parents will come for her
(d) she might still be addicted

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ava doing with the person in her dream?

2. How does Ava feel about the Sewing Circus being held at the house the night she got her medicine?

3. How does Ava feel about life in general following church on Sunday?

4. In what place did Ava dream she was walking?

5. With whom is Ava spending a lot of time in her second month?

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