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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 Joyce get so excited about telling Ava?
(a) the new shoe store downtown
(b) the baby's arrival the next day
(c) her date with Eddie that night
(d) the newest member of the Sewing Circus

2. Where does Joyce's group meet?
(a) the YMCA
(b) the library
(c) the hospital
(d) the church

3. How does Ava feel about what she sees and hears the first Sunday at Joyce's church?
(a) bored
(b) indifferent
(c) moved
(d) angry

4. What was one of the main aspects of Ava's circle of friends' lifestyle she didn't like?
(a) spendthrift
(b) illicit drug use
(c) too religious
(d) promiscuity

5. How does Eddie feel while watching the movie?
(a) happy
(b) sad
(c) bored
(d) angry

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joyce feel about the girls' progress in the last six months?

2. What happened to Joyce's husband?

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

4. What does Ava think about the baby's life to come?

5. How does Ava feel about the Sewing Circus being held at the house the night she got her medicine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ava feel about going to church with Joyce and what does she notice about the new preacher?

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

3. Who visits Joyce regularly and what do they do?

4. What do Joyce and Ava mean by the word tumbling and how did it that meaning come about?

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

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

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

8. What do Eddie and Ava do in November?

9. What do Eddie and Ava do after talking and how does Ava feel about it?

10. What does Ava do the first time the Sewing Circus meets at Joyce's?

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