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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie say to Ava as they're walking?
(a) he loves her
(b) he has taken a job in San Fransico
(c) he doesn't want anything permanent
(d) he is worried

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

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

4. What does Joyce do about the boys when she comes home?
(a) files a police report
(b) vandalizes their car
(c) calls their parents
(d) recruits their girlfriend for the Sewing Circus

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

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

7. What does Ava do with her information about the Reverend?
(a) puts it in the newspaper
(b) confronts Gerry
(c) announces it to the church
(d) tells the sheriff

8. What does Eddie propose to do about Frank?
(a) he thinks he should be in jail
(b) he thinks he should get therapy
(c) he wants him to leave town
(d) he wants to go after him

9. Where has Ava been trying to see Eddie?
(a) She has driven by his house a few times
(b) She hasn't been actively seeking him
(c) She has been avoiding him
(d) She has gone by his work place

10. Why does Ava worry that she has gone from HIV positive to full blown AIDS?
(a) woke up with drenched sheets
(b) she is feeling very tired
(c) she starts to bruise
(d) she has shortness of breath

11. In what three areas does Joyce want to deal with in the Circus?
(a) reading, math and history
(b) financial, material and spiritual
(c) praying, reading the Bible and going to church
(d) eating, exercise and health

12. Why does Imani's mother want her child back?
(a) the father wants to marry her
(b) to get money from the system
(c) she loves her
(d) her mother wants the child

13. What does the hospital say after they treat Imani?
(a) she'll make a full recovery
(b) she'll limp for life
(c) her burns aren't treatable
(d) she will have intellectual problems

14. What do Ava and Eddie think Frank represents?
(a) negative sterotype about black people
(b) a young man who needs to find his way
(c) the disadvantages of being poor
(d) the problem with the child welfare system

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eddie say has been robbed now?

2. What do Ava and Eddie think about Frank's behavior towards Imani?

3. What did the two boys in the car do?

4. Why did Ava feel so good about being with Eddie?

5. What is one of the things that bothers Ava about marriage and being HIV positive?

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