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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. Who is Lia waiting on when she sees Merrill in the restaurant?
2. What do the friends make Lia promise to return for?
3. What does Becky tell Ayinde in "October Ayinde?"
4. At the end of "January Lia," what shows that Lia and Helen are beginning to heal their relationship?
5. In "October Becky," Becky brings home a surprise for Andrew. What is the surprise?
Short Essay Questions
1. Lia sees that the babies are growing and changing and Becky remarks that they all have changed. How does this comment mimic the theme and title of the story?
2. 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?
3. Starting with "November Lia," tell how Lia is beginning to appear on the road to recovery.
4. What is symbolic about Lia mentioning that she wished she had her mother's blue coat when she is going to talk to Merrill?
5. How does the readers' perception of Steve change in "January Kelly"?
6. How does Ayinde implement what she learned from her parents in her childhood: that she was a lucky little girl to live so well and she had to be kind and helpful to those less fortunate?
7. How does the author show the difference in the mothers' personalities as they are walking with the babies in their strollers?
8. In the chapter "February Lia," how is it shown that Lia is still in love and wants to reach out to Sam?
9. Explain how the title of the story has a double meaning.
10. How does Mimi finally go too far and prompt Becky to stand up to her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There were many themes throughout the story. Choose one of them and describe how it develops throughout.
Essay Topic 2
How is Ayinde affected by learning of her son's heart murmur? How does this "hole in the heart" to Ayinde's son reflect the injury that Ayinde has sustained on an emotional level? What do Ayinde's son's prospects for health imply about Ayinde's health and the health of her friends?
Essay Topic 3
When Lia flies to Philadelphia, she leaves Sam behind, even though they love each other. Why does Lia assume her presence is hurting Sam? Where does her sense of guilt come from and how does this complicate her guilt? Why does she finally reach out to Sam?
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