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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lana tell Ava about discovering Henry's betrayal in Chapter 16?
(a) She should trap Henry in his lies.
(b) She needs to go back to Henry and pretend nothing happened.
(c) She should ask Henry for a divorce.
(d) This is Ava's chance to get her life on track and start again.

2. What does Henry call his mother-in-law?
(a) Mom.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Mrs. Ross.
(d) Mother.

3. What does Ava want Henry to do as soon as he gets home from work?
(a) Change and shower.
(b) Go to the bank.
(c) Make dinner.
(d) Take the dog out.

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

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

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

7. What dose Ava do after she sees Henry's son at Walmart?
(a) She gets drunk.
(b) She cuts off all her hair.
(c) She checks into a seedy hotel.
(d) She goes swimming in the reservoir.

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

9. Why does JJ tell Sylvia he has not seen his sister recently?
(a) He never went to her wedding and she is upset.
(b) She resents his success.
(c) She is in jail.
(d) He reminds her of too many bad memories.

10. What is Carrie's son's name?
(a) Zeke.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Henry.
(d) Johnny.

11. When was the only time in her life when Sylvia says she liked her body?
(a) When she was pregnant and was supposed to look heavier.
(b) When she was the thinnest she ever was, at about age 25.
(c) When she was a small child.
(d) Now, when she is a much older woman.

12. What is one household chore Don helps Sylvia do when he comes to see her in Chapter 13?
(a) Cook.
(b) Fold laundry.
(c) Vacuum.
(d) Wash windows.

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

14. Where do Henry and Sean go in Chapter 5 after Henry graduated from school?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) California.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Florida.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the message Ava writes in the online forum in Chapter 14 reveal?

2. Where is Henry's brother when the book opens?

3. What does Ava look like?

4. Who comes to Carries house after Henry in Chapter 17?

5. Who does JJ remind Sylvia of?

(see the answer keys)

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