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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ava feel about life in general following church on Sunday?
(a) bored
(b) angry
(c) peaceful
(d) frightened

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

3. What does Joyce get so excited about telling Ava?
(a) her date with Eddie that night
(b) the baby's arrival the next day
(c) the new shoe store downtown
(d) the newest member of the Sewing Circus

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

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

6. What does Ava tell the Sewing Circus?
(a) She is going on a date
(b) She needs to go to the store
(c) She is sick
(d) She needs some time alone

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

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

9. What does Ava prefer over the teachings of the Baptist Church?
(a) atheism
(b) Christian Science
(c) Buddhism
(d) Episcopal

10. 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

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

12. In what season has Ava arrived in Idlewild?
(a) summer
(b) fall
(c) winter
(d) spring

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

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

15. In what place did Ava dream she was walking?
(a) on a beach
(b) in Eddie's garden
(c) her house in Atlanta
(d) a graveyard

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Gerry Anderson come to Joyce's house?

2. Why is Joyce fearful about Imani?

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

4. How does Joyce seem to be feeling at the beginning of the book?

5. How does Ava feel about the meals Joyce and Eddie cook?

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