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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's the first thing Ava notices about Joyce when she greets her?
(a) She has dyed her hair
(b) She has a broken arm
(c) She looks depressed
(d) She's gained weight

2. What does Ava do with Gerry when she comes over?
(a) slaps her in the face
(b) serves her iced tea
(c) doesn't invite her inside
(d) sits and talks with her

3. What does the minister's wife prohibit Joyce from doing?
(a) preaching to the Sewing Circus
(b) teaching about AIDS
(c) letting the young girls go on trips
(d) talking to the parents

4. What does Ava see as opportunity when around the new minister's wife?
(a) for joy
(b) for fun
(c) for grief
(d) for boring conversations

5. What did the mother do with the baby?
(a) gave her to the father
(b) abandoned her
(c) gave her to her mother
(d) abused her

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Eddie and Ava are stopped?

3. What kind of movie do Eddie and Ava go to see?

4. What does Joyce encourage Ava to do about Eddie and him going to jail?

5. What does Ava prefer over the teachings of the Baptist Church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ava live at the beginning of the book and what kind of benefits does that place offer?

2. How did Joyce's decision to host the Sewing Circus turn out?

3. What has Reverend Anderson sent Joyce and why?

4. Who does Joyce see as a shining example for the other girls and why?

5. What does Ava see at Joyce's house and how does she feel?

6. Where does Ava meet up with Eddie again and why has she not seen him?

7. What does Ava think and what does she see when they drop off the young girl and baby?

8. What does Joyce decide to do about the damage to her window?

9. What does Ava notice about Joyce when they greet each other and what does she think about it?

10. What is different about Ava's morning the night after she had sex with Eddie?

(see the answer keys)

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