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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the meeting about Joyce's house take place?
2. What time does Ava wake up the morning after she had sex with Eddie?
3. What has Ava determined to do with Eddie?
4. What does Ava what to avoid the day she meets Eddie again?
5. What is one of the things that bothers Ava about marriage and being HIV positive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The summer has reached its climax for the main characters. The author has positioned each of the characters in the way of tremendous conflict so that each may know what matters most to them, and what they are prepared to do when threat emerges.
1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. What do you think Joyce should do about Imani? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
3. Why do you think Ava would run when Eddie asks her to marry? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
The minister's wife symbolizes a large part of the nation's population, including a few religious fundamentalists, who think that people bring AIDS on themselves and probably deserve it as payment for immoral behavior.
1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. If one said that anyone with AIDS deserve it would you think that would mean that people with colon cancer deserved it because they didn't eat enough fiber, or people with liver cancer deserved it from drinking, or people with diabetes deserved it from eating too many sweets, etc.? Explain your reasoning and use examples from the book to support your thinking.
Essay Topic 3
The self-righteous behavior of Gerry Anderson, although not appropriate, has new light shed on it when it becomes clear that she must be constantly protecting her drunken husband.
1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think Gerry Anderson would be a different person if her husband was different? Why or why not?
3. How do you think people's home life are reflected in the face they show the world? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
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