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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 towards Imani?
(a) very attached
(b) irritated
(c) very possessive
(d) indifferent

2. Why is Aretha one of Joyce's favorite girls from the Sewing Circus?
(a) she is related to Joyce
(b) she has common sense
(c) she is failing school
(d) she takes good care of her baby

3. In what place did Ava dream she was walking?
(a) in Eddie's garden
(b) her house in Atlanta
(c) a graveyard
(d) on a beach

4. Who walks in the room while Joyce is demonstrating condoms?
(a) no one
(b) the minister's wife
(c) Ava
(d) Eddie

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the baby Joyce helped deliver the night Ava arrived?

2. Why is Ava remaining celibate?

3. Why is Joyce fearful about Imani?

4. How does Ava see the difference in the condition of homes in the area near the lake from the last time she was there?

5. What does the baby's name mean in Swahili?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the doctors say about Imani?

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

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

5. What is the best thing that happens in Eddie, Joyce and Ava's life that summer?

6. What does Ava do when she gets up and who does she encounter? How does she feel?

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

8. What problem with the state does Joyce have and what does she decide to do about it?

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

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

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