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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry tell Carrie he will do the next day when they talk in Chapter 7?
(a) Give her his paycheck.
(b) Leave Ava for her.
(c) Buy her a house.
(d) Come to see their son, Zeke.

2. What does the message Ava writes in the online forum in Chapter 14 reveal?
(a) That she has just decided to adopt twins.
(b) That she has just taken a pregnancy test and it is positive.
(c) That she is getting divorced.
(d) That she is quitting her job.

3. Who is building a mansion on Brushy Mountain Road as the book opens?
(a) Henry Bailey.
(b) JJ Ferguson.
(c) Sylvia Ross.
(d) Ava Bailey.

4. What is Ava's job?
(a) She is a tour guide.
(b) She is a senior loan officer at a bank.
(c) She is a software engineer.
(d) She is a teacher.

5. What does Sylvia tell JJ about Pinewood at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) It should solve all his problems to be home.
(b) He should leave immediately.
(c) It is a paradise for some people but he should not count on it being that way for him.
(d) He should be able to get a job there.

6. Who did JJ live with for most of his youth?
(a) His older brother.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) His grandmother, Alice Graham.
(d) His parents.

7. Why is Carrie's family upset with her?
(a) Because they do not approve of her being a waitress.
(b) Because she dropped out of school.
(c) Because she is white and her young son is mixed-race.
(d) Because she is so poor.

8. What does Ava consider buying at the Goodwill?
(a) A lot of new clothes.
(b) A lawnmower.
(c) A new frying pan.
(d) A bicycle like she had when she was young.

9. Why does Sylvia tell Marcus she does not want to travel in Chapter 9?
(a) Because she does not know any foreign languages.
(b) Because she can not leave Ava for that long.
(c) Because as soon as she got somewhere, she would just want to come home.
(d) Because she does not have the money to travel.

10. In Chapter 3, where does Ava tell Sylvia that Lana would like Sylvia to go with Lana?
(a) On a cruise.
(b) To Cuba.
(c) To Europe.
(d) To Florida.

11. What is one method Ava has tried to use to help her get pregnant in the past?
(a) Talk therapy.
(b) Witchcraft.
(c) Herbal remedy.
(d) Acupuncture.

12. Who is in Ava's dream that she has in Chapter 8?
(a) JJ.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her husband and her brother.

13. What happens when Sylvia calls Devon in Chapter 12?
(a) He yells at her.
(b) She can barely hear Devon on the line.
(c) He asks her why it took her so long to call.
(d) He does not answer.

14. What is the acronym Ava uses to announce her news on the online forum in Chapter 14?
(a) TBA.
(b) BFP.
(c) NCT.
(d) FBR.

15. What does Carrie tell Henry in Chapter 17 that upsets him?
(a) That Zeke hated him.
(b) That she had run into Ava earlier.
(c) That she demanded he leave Ava.
(d) That she needed more money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs the restaurant Don has started frequenting in Chapter 12?

2. How did Henry disappoint Carrie in Chapter 17?

3. How old is Ava at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Henry do in New Orleans?

5. Who is the first person Ava tells her news to in Chapter 15?

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