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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Ava from originally?
(a) Dallas, Texas
(b) Orlando, Florida
(c) Tulsa, Oklahoma
(d) Idlewild, Michigan

3. 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 spit on her
(c) they mug her
(d) they make derogatory comments about her

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

5. What is wrong with the baby Joyce helped deliver the night Ava arrived?
(a) addicted to crack
(b) is too large
(c) has a heart murmur
(d) has a deformed head

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ava see the difference in the condition of homes in the area near the lake from the last time she was there?

2. What does Ava feel is one of Gerry's major character flaws?

3. What has Joyce been trying to convince Eddie to do?

4. How does Ava get her medicine for the HIV?

5. How does Ava feel towards Imani?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the doctors say about Imani?

2. Who meets Ava at the airport and why?

3. What does Eddie tell Ava about his jail sentence?

4. Describe the dream Ava has in Eddie's garden.

5. How are the two sisters reacting to Imani's presence in the house?

6. What is the best thing that happens in Eddie, Joyce and Ava's life that summer?

7. What does Ava want to tell Eddie and why?

8. What does Ava think about the lifestyle that gave her HIV and for what does she grieve?

9. What do Joyce and Ava do the night Gerry brought the envelope to the house?

10. How does Joyce feel about Reverend Anderson's stand and what does she intend?

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