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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. How does Steve think he and Kelly can pay the bills without him having a job?
(a) Kelly can work.
(b) He knows he has to get a job.
(c) With their savings.
(d) Borrow money from their parents.

2. What does Lia tells Sam about her family?
(a) That they had disowned her.
(b) None of the above.
(c) That they were killed in a car crash.
(d) That they lived out of the country.

3. What are Kelly's sisters doing while they are visiting?
(a) Helping with the baby.
(b) Cleaning the house.
(c) Asking to borrow jewelry .
(d) Talking about themselves.

4. The burned broccoli reminds Kelly of what?
(a) Her mom.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Something she forgot at the grocery store.
(d) That things will be okay.

5. What does Becky offer Lia at the beginning of "September Lia?"
(a) Lunch.
(b) To hold Ava.
(c) A job at Mas.
(d) A place to stay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened while Lia was at the salon?

2. Becky's mother-in-law has had how many husbands?

3. Where are Becky and Kelly when June begins?

4. How does Ayinde feel about Richard leaving?

5. What does Lia tell her mother when she asks, "What's going on?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the director tell Ayinde that no one will tune in to watch her read the news?

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

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

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

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

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

7. In the chapter "July Ayinde," why is Richard unhappy in the middle of the night?

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

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

10. 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?

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