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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. Where is Lia when she has her dream?
(a) In the car.
(b) On the plane.
(c) In her apartment..
(d) At their new house.

2. What happens to Oliver during "January Kelly"?
(a) He says "Mama."
(b) He crawls for the first time.
(c) He gets his first tooth.
(d) He falls out of his highchair.

3. Why did Helen tell Lia that she made her keep the Strawberry Shortcake comforter?
(a) She knew she liked it so much.
(b) She had begged for it.
(c) It was the only thing her father ever gave her.
(d) It was so expensive.

4. Why didn't Steve want to find a job?
(a) He didn't like his job.
(b) He was lazy.
(c) He thought they didn't need the money.
(d) He wanted to be with Oliver because his dad had never been around.

5. What do Kelly's sisters tell her?
(a) That she is right.
(b) That they never did like Steve.
(c) To tell Steve she is sorry.
(d) To move in with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lia find out about her father during her conversation with her mother?

2. Where are the friends as "November Lia" opens?

3. What is in the bag that Andrew brings home from the drugstore when he returns to Becky in "January Becky"?

4. As "January Lia" ends, what is Lia doing?

5. Who is the letter in "February Becky" from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author begin to show suspense in "December Ayinde"?

2. Describe how Kelly struggles in "December Kelly" with raising the baby and working.

3. How does the author foreshadow the disaster of the magazine interview?

4. How does the readers' perception of Steve change in "January Kelly"?

5. How does the author address the common feeling among mothers that they aren't as good at mothering as everyone else they know, or that they lost their temper and yelled?

6. Starting with "November Lia," tell how Lia is beginning to appear on the road to recovery.

7. How does the author show the difference in the mothers' personalities as they are walking with the babies in their strollers?

8. How is Mimi's self-absorption shown in "October Becky"?

9. How is Richard able to show his love for Ayinde during the crisis of baby Julian's sickness?

10. How does learning the truth about her childhood help Lia move toward reconciling with Sam?

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