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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. Why is Ava not surprised Joyce didn't meet her?
(a) Joyce is afraid of airports
(b) she always has something to do
(c) Joyce doesn't drive
(d) they don't get along well

2. What does the new preacher's wife do on Sunday?
(a) Sunday school director
(b) runs the kitchen
(c) choir director
(d) does nothing

3. Where does Ava live at the opening of the book?
(a) Birmingham
(b) San Fransico
(c) Atlanta
(d) Richmond

4. How does Ava feel about the meals Joyce and Eddie cook?
(a) she's indifferent
(b) she loves them
(c) she hates them
(d) she thinks they're okay

5. How does Eddie wear his hair?
(a) in dreadlocks
(b) he's bald
(c) short, military style
(d) dyed blond and spiked

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From whom did Joyce receive a letter in July?

3. When does Joyce think the Sewing Circus is going to end?

4. How does Joyce feel about the reputation of the group with some people?

5. What does Joyce feel is part of her mission with the girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the news about the baby Joyce helped with the night Ava arrived and what happened to her?

2. How does Joyce demonstrate condoms and what happens while she's doing it?

3. How do Eddie and Ava feel about seeing each other again and what do they plan?

4. Why does Ava get angry at the pharmacist when she went to get her prescription?

5. Why has Gerry Anderson come over to Joyce's and what is Ava's reaction?

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

7. What happens on the way home from the airport?

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

9. How does Ava feel when leaving church?

10. What do Eddie and Ava do in November?

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