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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 Lia ask Sam when they get in the car?
2. How does Lia expect Sam to feel toward her?
3. When talking to Merrill, Lia has a memory of someone. Who is this memory of?
4. While Lia is working at Mas she sees the woman who touched her so deeply at the grief group. What about this woman catches Lia off guard in the restaurant?
5. Who calls the "friends" to tell them about Julian's problems?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the fact that Julian is crying when Kelly and Lia arrive and the knowledge that Ayinde didn't know he was crying show the emotional turmoil that she is going through?
2. How does the author begin to show suspense in "December Ayinde"?
3. How is Mimi's self-absorption shown in "October Becky"?
4. How does the readers' perception of Steve change in "January Kelly"?
5. How does the need for communication show in "February Kelly"?
6. How does the author foreshadow the disaster of the magazine interview?
7. What is the huge plot twist that happens in "January Becky"?
8. Describe how Kelly struggles in "December Kelly" with raising the baby and working.
9. What action shows that Ayinde is beginning to come to terms with Richard's infidelity and the resulting child?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The four friends have very unique personalities. Compare and contrast the friends. How are they alike and how are they different?
Essay Topic 3
All four main characters are very different and have four very different lives with their husbands. Some women are forced to quit their jobs and stay at home with their children while the other women can go back to their careers. What are the similarities and differences among each of the four families?
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