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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 does Lia give Becky while she is walking with Ava trying to calm her?
(a) A toy.
(b) Advice.
(c) A blue and white burp cloth.
(d) A book.

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

3. Who sent Ayinde a book?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Richard.
(d) Becky.

4. What piece of furniture does Steve bring home without asking Kelly?
(a) A chair.
(b) A bed.
(c) A table.
(d) A couch.

5. When Richard gets upset that Julian is taking up his space in his and Ayinde's bed, who ends up leaving the bed to sleep elsewhere?
(a) Richard.
(b) Julian.
(c) Ayinde.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problems did Ayinde's mother have?

2. How does Ayinde feel about Richard leaving?

3. Why is Kelly annoyed with Steve throughout the story?

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

5. What does Lia do with her engagement ring?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Why does Kelly panic when she finds out that Steve wants to become a teacher?

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

9. What changes Kelly's almost perfect world to a world of fear and panic in "June Kelly"?

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

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