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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Ava's romantic life been up to the point of the beginning of the book?
(a) not satisfying
(b) boring
(c) wonderful
(d) she had no love life

2. What does Joyce feel is part of her mission with the girls?
(a) to pay for their education
(b) to educate them
(c) to get them husbands
(d) to adopt their babies

3. How does Ava feel about the new preacher at Joyce's church?
(a) indifferent
(b) irritated
(c) angry
(d) impressed

4. Why does Ava think Eddie is so easygoing and graceful?
(a) he is drugged
(b) he is gay
(c) he is slightly drunk
(d) he has nothing to prove

5. What was one of the main aspects of Ava's circle of friends' lifestyle she didn't like?
(a) illicit drug use
(b) spendthrift
(c) promiscuity
(d) too religious

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

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

8. What does Ava see as opportunity when around the new minister's wife?
(a) for fun
(b) for joy
(c) for grief
(d) for boring conversations

9. Whose arrival in Joyce's house brings joy?
(a) Imani
(b) Eddie
(c) Betty
(d) Phyllis

10. What did the area of Idlewild on the lake used to be when Ava was young?
(a) a public beach area
(b) all white neighborhood
(c) a state park
(d) recreational haven for black people

11. Who walks in the room while Joyce is demonstrating condoms?
(a) the minister's wife
(b) Eddie
(c) Ava
(d) no one

12. What does the new preacher's wife do on Sunday?
(a) runs the kitchen
(b) does nothing
(c) choir director
(d) Sunday school director

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Joyce decided the Sewing Circus will meet?

2. When does Joyce think the Sewing Circus is going to end?

3. Where is Ava from originally?

4. How does Ava feel towards Imani?

5. What does the minister's wife prohibit Joyce from doing?

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