View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Something unusual happened while Lia was at the salon. What was it?
(a) A phone call.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) She saw Sam.
(d) A Little earthquake.

2. Which of the four main characters is an only child?
(a) Becky.
(b) Lia.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Ayinde.

3. Why does Richard whisper for Ayinde in the darkness in their bedroom?
(a) Julian is crying.
(b) He is about to fall out of the bed since Julian is sleeping with them.
(c) He wants to talk.
(d) He is sick.

4. What reason does Ayinde give Richard for Julian sleeping with them?
(a) He is happy there.
(b) They don't have a crib.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He is crabby.

5. What did Kelly's siblings think about her when they were growing up?
(a) She was always hungry.
(b) She was a tattletale.
(c) She was a big help.
(d) She was a troublemaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ayinde think that Richard must feel about leaving her and Julian?

2. Lia has 27 emails from someone and deletes them without looking at them. Who is she ignoring?

3. Where does Kelly decide to work?

4. At the beginning of June, Ayinde and Julian are sitting on the bed watching Richard. What is Richard doing?

5. What news does Steve tell Kelly in June?

Short Essay Questions

1. We learn Kelly wanted a normal childhood in May Kelly. What does Kelly consider a normal childhood?

2. What are some reasons Becky refuses or does not want to speak to Mimi, her mother-in-law?

3. Why is Becky not happy with her mother-in-law moving to Philadelphia?

4. How does Lia's flight back to LA bring out the thought, "You can't go home again'?

5. Why is Becky so devastated that the doctor wants to perform a c-section?

6. Kelly jokes, "It takes a village to feed my child." What does this mean?

7. When Lia tells her mother that "Something happened" her mother assures her that she cares. Lia awaits a sign that her mother cares. How does her mother show her that she cares?

8. How does the "smelly monstrosity of a couch that the neighbor was throwing away" give Kelly flashbacks of her childhood?

9. What is the symbolism of Mimi wearing a white dress to Becky and Andrew's wedding?

10. Becky always seems to worry about her weight. How is this self-consciousness shown in the chapter "June Becky"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 752 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample