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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joyce do when Frank and Mattie won't let them in the house?
(a) hits Frank over the head
(b) goes and gets Eddie
(c) goes to the sheriff
(d) breaks into the back door

2. What is one of the things that bothers Ava about marriage and being HIV positive?
(a) Eddie having to nurse her eventually
(b) not having children
(c) what others will say about Eddie
(d) using protection with her husband

3. What do Ava and Joyce hear while watching Mattie's house?
(a) gunshots
(b) Imani crying
(c) hammers and saws being used
(d) Frank beating Mattie

4. Why did Ava wake up when a car pulled in at Joyce's?
(a) Eddie was supposed to come over
(b) she wasn't expecting anyone
(c) the car backfired
(d) the lights shine in her room

5. Who does Joyce see as a beacon of hope for the Sewing Circus?
(a) Aretha
(b) Imani
(c) Ava
(d) Eddie

6. What did the letter Joyce received from the state say?
(a) she owed back taxes to the state
(b) the state was awarding her a larger grant
(c) the state halted funding for the Sewing Circus
(d) the state was taking the house

7. What does Ava do for Aretha?
(a) gives her money
(b) writes Interlochen
(c) gives her a haircut
(d) takes her to the store

8. Why did Ava feel so good about being with Eddie?
(a) she thought she'd never have another boyfriend
(b) she liked his house
(c) she knew he was rich
(d) she wanted to be cared for

9. How does Ava feel about keeping Imani by herself?
(a) she thinks Eddie should do it
(b) she's irritated
(c) she finds she loves the baby
(d) she's indifferent

10. How do Ava and Eddie feel when they see each other?
(a) glad
(b) reserved
(c) irritated
(d) indifferent

11. Why did black people first start coming to Idlewild?
(a) to build an all black community
(b) to form a militant commune
(c) because the lake was pretty
(d) it was a haven from the city

12. What does Ava tell Joyce about to convince her to worry about the robberies?
(a) about kids on crack
(b) about what could happen to the girls
(c) about rapes that are also happening
(d) about an old neighbor of hers in Atlanta

13. What does Ava notice about her and Eddie walking?
(a) he takes larger strides than her
(b) she is a faster walker than him
(c) he almost jogs
(d) they seem to be in step

14. How does Joyce feel about Eddie and Ava?
(a) hesitant
(b) delighted
(c) jealous
(d) depressed

15. What worries Joyce about the break-ins?
(a) she can't replace broken windows
(b) she can't fix a door if it's broken
(c) she can't aford to lose much
(d) the safety of Imani

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie propose to do about Frank?

2. What does the hospital say after they treat Imani?

3. Why does Imani's mother want her child back?

4. Why won't Joyce do what Eddie wants her to do?

5. At the meeting, what does Gerry Anderson accuse Ava of doing?

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