View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Ava feel about the meals Joyce and Eddie cook?
(a) she loves them
(b) she thinks they're okay
(c) she's indifferent
(d) she hates them

5. Why does Joyce go to the hospital?
(a) to make arrangements for the baby
(b) one of her girls is sick
(c) she broke her arm
(d) Eddie is there

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

7. Why did Ava ask Joyce about Eddie's jail time?
(a) she wanted to know why
(b) she asked how many times he'd been to jail
(c) she wanted to know how long
(d) she wanted to know where

8. What was Ava doing with the person in her dream?
(a) holding hands
(b) singing
(c) dancing
(d) talking

9. What kind of encounter does Ava have with two young men after she got her medicine?
(a) they grabbed her and started pulling her in the car
(b) they make derogatory comments about her
(c) they mug her
(d) they spit on her

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

11. Who does Ava plan to see during her move?
(a) her best friend from high school
(b) her grandmother
(c) her sister
(d) her father

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

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

14. 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

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ava do with Gerry when she comes over?

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

3. What do Eddie, Joyce and Ava do about the baby Joyce brought home?

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

5. Why is Ava concerned about her health?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 531 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample