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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry do in New Orleans?
(a) Visits a fortune teller.
(b) Gets into a car accident.
(c) Gets arrested.
(d) Plays trumpet in a jazz band.

2. What does Sylvia tell JJ that Ava wants in Chapter 10?
(a) She tells him Ava wants more money.
(b) She tells him Ava wants a new house.
(c) She tells him Ava wants a new job.
(d) She tells him Ava wants a baby.

3. Who is the man who calls to speak to Sylvia from jail?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Henry.
(c) Devon.
(d) Don.

4. Where is Henry's brother when the book opens?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The Navy.
(c) Jail.
(d) Europe.

5. What does Sylvia tell Devon that JJ told her about a memory from their youth?
(a) That Devon and JJ used to drink together.
(b) That people always thought Devon and JJ were brothers.
(c) That Devon and JJ used to trade clothes.
(d) That Devon had once cut JJ's hair.

6. Who runs the restaurant Don has started frequenting in Chapter 12?
(a) Frankie and Jonnie.
(b) Jonnie and Bronson.
(c) Mae and Sylvia.
(d) Jonnie and Mae.

7. How does Sylvia know Marcus?
(a) Marcus is her cousin.
(b) Marcus is her son.
(c) Marcus dialed her number randomly just to have someone to talk to.
(d) Marcus is her nephew.

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

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

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

11. What job does Henry only last a few hours at?
(a) At the chicken processing plant.
(b) At the farm.
(c) At the bank.
(d) At the nursing home.

12. What did Sylvia's mother Mabe try in hopes of enticing her husband to love her more?
(a) Plastic surgery.
(b) Special herbs.
(c) A voodoo doll.
(d) A potion that was supposed to spark her husband's affections.

13. Where does Ava go when she leaves the Rowan in Chapter 16?
(a) Don's.
(b) Sylvia's.
(c) Lana's house.
(d) Simmy's.

14. Who is the first person Ava tells her news to in Chapter 15?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her lawyer.
(c) The woman at the Goodwill center.
(d) The grocery store clerk.

15. What does Ava do when she goes into Devon's old room in Chapter 18?
(a) Cries uncontrollably.
(b) Straightens a picture he had drawn and thinks about what a good artist he was.
(c) Looks for money.
(d) Throws away his old clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers Don about Sasha?

2. What does Mae do at her own mother's funeral?

3. What does Henry do with the woman who reads his palm in New Orleans?

4. Who does Don meet at Sisters whom he starts a romantic relationship with?

5. What is the name of the website Ava frequents in Chapter 11?

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