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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. Why are the friends gathered at the park in "March Lia"?
(a) For Ayinde's birthday.
(b) To say goodbye to Lia.
(c) To celebrate their friendship.
(d) For Becky to tell them she is pregnant.

2. How does Lia's mother react to seeing the photograph and hearing about her grandson?
(a) She gets up and walks away.
(b) She smiles and says he is cute.
(c) She cries.
(d) She is angry she didn't know before.

3. What did Merrill tell Lia which helped her be able to have another child after losing her son?
(a) Her husband's love.
(b) The grief group.
(c) Time.
(d) Having good friends..

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

5. What does Tiffany ask Ayinde?
(a) If Richard will support the baby.
(b) If she will raise the baby.
(c) If she can call her sometime.
(d) "Do you hate me?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Lia's mother tells Lia that she has been talking to someone. Whom has Lia's mother been talking to?

2. What does Becky tell Andrew after he agrees to let his mother go?

3. When Kelly returns from changing Oliver, she finds a mix-up. They are missing something. What is it?

4. Who does Kelly call for support in "February Kelly"?

5. What do Sam and Lia do in the car on the way home from the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. One of the main themes of the book is forgiveness. How is that played out in "February Becky"?

2. In the chapter "February Lia," how is it shown that Lia is still in love and wants to reach out to Sam?

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

4. Explain the irony between how Ayinde's day begins and how it ends.

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

6. Lia calls her mother at the end of the "January Kelly" with the intent of asking her to meet her so she can forgive her and let her know it. How does Lia's mother turn the tables?

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

8. What is the huge plot twist that happens in "January Becky"?

9. How does Becky crack the tough shell Mimi has built around her?

10. How does the need for communication show in "February Kelly"?

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