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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 happened to Joyce on the eve of her wedding?
(a) her father disappeared
(b) her mother committed suicide
(c) her groom died
(d) her sister left the state

2. What did the area of Idlewild on the lake used to be when Ava was young?
(a) a state park
(b) a public beach area
(c) all white neighborhood
(d) recreational haven for black people

3. What does Joyce do with the baby?
(a) leaves her at the hospital
(b) gives her to Child Welfare
(c) brings her home
(d) gives her to Ava

4. What is wrong with the baby Joyce helped deliver the night Ava arrived?
(a) is too large
(b) has a heart murmur
(c) addicted to crack
(d) has a deformed head

5. Where does Ava ask Eddie to stop on the way home?
(a) a fast food joint
(b) a drugstore
(c) the liquor store
(d) Wal-mart

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Joyce been trying to convince Eddie to do?

3. How many children has Joyce lost?

4. What was one of the main aspects of Ava's circle of friends' lifestyle she didn't like?

5. Where does Eddie invite Ava for the evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of people did Ava hang with and what was Ava's main problem with that social circle?

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

3. What does Joyce do for work, with whom does she work, where do they meet, what are they called, and why?

4. Who meets Ava at the airport and why?

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

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

7. What does Joyce say about the content of the envelope?

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

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

10. What does Joyce decide to do about the damage to her window?

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