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

2. Why is Kelly annoyed with Steve throughout the story?
(a) He wakes the baby up.
(b) He messes up the house.
(c) He hasn't found a job.
(d) He doesn't help with the baby.

3. Why does Lia chose to pay this way?
(a) So her mom doesn't know.
(b) Because she doesn't have enough money.
(c) So she doesn't run out of money.
(d) So Sam can't track her.

4. What is on the blanket on the bed in Lia's old room?
(a) A note from her mother.
(b) A pillow.
(c) A Strawberry Shortcake comforter.
(d) Her wedding dress.

5. How has Lia paid for everything for her trip home?
(a) Check.
(b) Cash.
(c) Debit card.
(d) Credit card.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Becky and Kelly when June begins?

2. What are Kelly's sisters doing while they are visiting?

3. Who sent Ayinde a book?

4. Why is Steve worried about what the doctor has said?

5. Who does Becky meet when she takes Ava for a walk to try to calm her?

Short Essay Questions

1. "April Lia" opens with Lia sitting on a park bench wanting to be invisible. Why does Lia want to be invisible?

2. Why is the thought of having intercourse so hard for Kelly?

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

4. In "August Becky," what breakthroughs does Lia make with the loss of her son?

5. When Richard asks if "it's supposed to be this hard" and he answers "everything" to Ayinde. What does Richard mean by "everything"?

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

7. How does Weiner paint Mimi in the chapter "September Becky"?

8. Why does Richard, Ayinde's husband, appear to be ready to go on another trip?

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

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

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