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

2. Where are Becky and Kelly when June begins?
(a) The park.
(b) At Becky's house.
(c) The coffee shop.
(d) A breast-feeding lecture.

3. What did the couch remind Kelly of?
(a) The neighbor's couch.
(b) The couch her mom had during her childhood.
(c) Trash.
(d) The couch at the nursing home.

4. In "August Becky," what did Becky and Andrew decide to try with Ava?
(a) Change her.
(b) Take her outside.
(c) Rock her.
(d) Feed her.

5. At the hospital, Ayinde's mother wants to be called what?
(a) Lolo.
(b) Mom.
(c) Edith.
(d) Bobo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who appears in the delivery room that upsets Becky?

3. With whom does Ayinde go for a photo shoot?

4. What does the early morning caller tell Becky and Andrew?

5. What was Lia's name as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Ayinde is experiencing pain and suffering when first introduced in "April Ayinde". Usually Ayinde is one that appears to have it all. In what ways is Ayinde experiencing pain and suffering?

2. How does Ayinde feel about her mother sending her the book Priscilla Prewitt's Baby Success?

3. Kelly and her husband Steve both come home from the hospital in "July Kelly." What had happened to Steve?

4. What constitutes Lia's inability to come to grips with her baby's death?

5. What are some things that have shaped the way Kelly is today?

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

7. Ayinde always claims to want to stay at home with Julian. How does she interpret the failed job interview to justify this desire?

8. What is the symbolism of Lia tucking her hair under the baseball cap as she heads for the Parents Together Grief group?

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"?

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