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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joyce tell Ava about Eddie's jail time?
(a) that she had visited him
(b) how long he'd been in
(c) nothing
(d) why he went there

2. How does Joyce feel about the girls' progress in the last six months?
(a) a huge amount has happened
(b) she doesn't think about progress
(c) they are moving slowly
(d) not much progress has been made

3. What does Eddie tell Ava was the crime that put him in jail?
(a) he was dealing drugs
(b) he hit someone with his car
(c) he broke into a house
(d) he killed two people

4. How many of the girls attended the first meeting at Joyce's house?
(a) half of them
(b) only two
(c) none of them
(d) all of them

5. What is Eddie doing when Ava arrives at his house?
(a) washing his car
(b) watering the lawn
(c) pau kwa
(d) t'ai chi

6. How does Eddie feel while watching the movie?
(a) happy
(b) angry
(c) bored
(d) sad

7. How does it work out for the Sewing Circle to meet at Joyce's house?
(a) especially gratifying
(b) very bad
(c) good, but not great
(d) okay, but not great

8. What does Ava figure out about the love life she had that gave her HIV?
(a) it was wonderful
(b) she'd like to be able to go back to that life style
(c) it was fulfilling
(d) it was all bland

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

10. What does Ava wonder about as far as romance goes?
(a) she doesn't think about it at all
(b) if it's possible
(c) if she should do it
(d) if someone would want her

11. What happened to Joyce's husband?
(a) He was killed in a car wreck
(b) He had a severe stroke
(c) He won the lottery
(d) He drowned

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

13. Why does Joyce want the girls to know about AIDS?
(a) so they won't sin and have sex
(b) to save their lives
(c) to keep their babies healthy
(d) to irritate Gerry

14. What does Joyce show Ava is in the envelope Ava has?
(a) her new will
(b) pamphlets about AIDS
(c) a newspaper article
(d) some old family photos

15. What does the minister's wife prohibit Joyce from doing?
(a) talking to the parents
(b) preaching to the Sewing Circus
(c) letting the young girls go on trips
(d) teaching about AIDS

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gerry react to the content of the envelope?

2. Why does Ava think Eddie is so easygoing and graceful?

3. What does Ava think about the baby's life to come?

4. What has Joyce been trying to convince Eddie to do?

5. What does Joyce encourage Ava to do about Eddie and him going to jail?

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