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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 Joyce feel about the girls' progress in the last six months?
(a) she doesn't think about progress
(b) a huge amount has happened
(c) they are moving slowly
(d) not much progress has been made

2. How does Ava feel about the new preacher at Joyce's church?
(a) irritated
(b) impressed
(c) angry
(d) indifferent

3. What is the group that Joyce is a member of called?
(a) there is no group name
(b) the High Road
(c) the Force of Change
(d) the Sewing Circus

4. How does Joyce seem to be feeling at the beginning of the book?
(a) angry
(b) happy
(c) sad
(d) more positive

5. What does Ava involve herself in work that summer?
(a) in Eddie's store
(b) the Sewing Circus
(c) as a teacher
(d) as a hair stylist

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aretha want to go to school?

2. Why did Ava ask Joyce about Eddie's jail time?

3. What is Ava told about the break-ins?

4. What does Ava see as opportunity when around the new minister's wife?

5. What does Joyce do with the baby?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of romance issue has come up for Ava in July?

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

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

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

6. What did Ava find out about Reverend Anderson and what were the consequences?

7. What do the doctors say about Imani?

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

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

10. How does Ava feel when leaving church?

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