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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the two boys in the car do?
(a) played loud music
(b) shoot into the house
(c) have sex with the girl in the car
(d) run over the garden

3. To what does Ava tell Eddie no?
(a) staying the night at his house
(b) seeing him again
(c) going to the movies
(d) becoming engaged

4. Why does Ava feel satisfied about her interaction with Aretha?
(a) that Aretha does what Ava says
(b) that she helped her self esteem
(c) that Aretha asks so many questions
(d) that Aretha idolizes her

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

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

7. Who is Tyrone's father?
(a) the minister
(b) the school principal
(c) Joyce's good friend
(d) the chief of police

8. How is the issue finally resolved?
(a) it's not resolved
(b) Gerry will pay for the window
(c) the boys' license will be suspended
(d) the boys will do community service

9. What do Joyce and Ava find in the house?
(a) a boa constrictor
(b) a family of mice
(c) two black army boots
(d) a box of old photographs

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

11. Why does Ava run out of the house when Eddie asks her to marry him?
(a) Joyce would be hurt if they married
(b) she doesn't love him that way
(c) because of being HIV positive
(d) she's already married

12. How has Eddie made his home comfortable for him and Ava to talk?
(a) sound proof room
(b) candles and soft music
(c) turning off the television
(d) turning off the phone

13. What is Ava thinking about as she runs through the woods?
(a) how she can't have sex
(b) how she can marry Eddie
(c) how she can say no to Eddie
(d) how she has never wanted to marry

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Eddie and Ava decide when they meet?

2. What kind of information does Ava receive about the Andersons?

3. Where does Ava go when she wakes up?

4. How does Ava feel about keeping Imani by herself?

5. Who does Eddie say has been robbed now?

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