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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the news station offer Ayinde?

2. Who do Becky and Kelly meet at the coffee shop?

3. In the second chapter, it says that Ayinde has not had a close friend since when?

4. Who is Ayinde's mother looking for when they arrive at the photo shoot?

5. What does Becky offer Lia at the beginning of "September Lia?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the symbolism of Lia tucking her hair under the baseball cap as she heads for the Parents Together Grief group?

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

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

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

8. When Lia tells her mother that "Something happened" her mother assures her that she cares. Lia awaits a sign that her mother cares. How does her mother show her that she cares?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Having a baby brought about many changes in the friends' sense of self. Choose one of the friends and describe in detail, using examples from the story, how their sense of self changed.

Essay Topic 2

Both Ayinde and Kelly consider divorce at some point during the story. Ayinde thinks of a chapter from Baby Success that focuses on babies as the ones that really matter and that babies do better with a mommy and daddy under the same roof. Do you agree with this advice? Why / why not? Should Ayinde have patched things up with Richard? Why / why not? Do you think either Kelly or Ayinde should have followed through with a divorce? Why / why not?

Essay Topic 3

Choose the one character from Little Earthquakes that you think most resembles yourself. Explain how this character resembles you using detail and examples from the story.

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