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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. Why is Ava remaining celibate?
(a) because of being HIV positive
(b) she has to take care of the baby too much
(c) she hasn't met any guys
(d) she is too sick for sex

2. What is Eddie doing when Ava arrives at his house?
(a) pau kwa
(b) watering the lawn
(c) washing his car
(d) t'ai chi

3. What does Ava hear when she goes to get her medicine?
(a) the pharmacist discussing it with Gerry Anderson
(b) the pharmacist talking on the phone about her
(c) Joyce's neighbor complaining about her
(d) Gerry Anderson talking about Joyce

4. What does Joyce show Ava is in the envelope Ava has?
(a) a newspaper article
(b) pamphlets about AIDS
(c) her new will
(d) some old family photos

5. What does Joyce feel is part of her mission with the girls?
(a) to adopt their babies
(b) to educate them
(c) to get them husbands
(d) to pay for their education

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joyce go to the hospital?

2. Who else was in Ava's dream?

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

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

5. What does Ava envy about Joyce and Mitch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Ava's summer in Idlewild going?

7. How do Eddie and Ava feel about seeing each other again and what do they plan?

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

9. What does Ava want to tell Eddie and why?

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

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