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

2. How many children has Joyce lost?
(a) three
(b) none
(c) one
(d) two

3. Why does Ava say everyone needs something to lean on?
(a) to keep from tumbling
(b) to keep standing up
(c) to have someone to hate
(d) to be able to hike long distances

4. In what season has Ava arrived in Idlewild?
(a) summer
(b) fall
(c) spring
(d) winter

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Aretha one of Joyce's favorite girls from the Sewing Circus?

3. What is Eddie doing when Ava arrives at his house?

4. How does Eddie feel while watching the movie?

5. Who walks in the room while Joyce is demonstrating condoms?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the meeting about Joyce's house and what happens there?

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

3. How is Ava's summer in Idlewild going?

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

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

6. What does the minister's wife tell Joyce she can't do?

7. How does the new minister seem to be working out?

8. What does Ava do with Aretha and how does Ava feel about it?

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

10. What do the doctors say about Imani?

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