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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 Ava like the most about being in Idlewild?
(a) being with people who love her
(b) the weather
(c) getting to see her old hang outs
(d) no responsibilities

2. Why does Ava decide to move?
(a) her health
(b) her mother needs her
(c) her boyfriend left
(d) her daughter needs a better school

3. Who does Ava plan to see during her move?
(a) her sister
(b) her best friend from high school
(c) her father
(d) her grandmother

4. What does Ava think about the baby's life to come?
(a) it won't be a good one
(b) Ava will be in San Fransico
(c) the baby will stay an addict
(d) she will probably miss some of it

5. What time did the last girl leave the Sewing Circus at the first meeting at Joyce's house?
(a) seven
(b) about eight
(c) midnight
(d) ten o'clock

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie tell Ava was the crime that put him in jail?

2. Where does Aretha want to go to school?

3. Where does Eddie invite Ava for the evening?

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

5. In what season has Ava arrived in Idlewild?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ava get angry at the pharmacist when she went to get her prescription?

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

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

4. Where does Ava meet up with Eddie again and why has she not seen him?

5. What happens when Ava and Joyce watch Frank and Mattie's house?

6. What does Ava tell Joyce when she returns from Eddie's after the Sewing Circus?

7. Why is Ava happy her sister Joyce sounds optimistic?

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

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

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

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