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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sylvia say she will bring Marcus when she comes to visit him in jail?
(a) Marcus's daughter.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A hamburger.
(d) A friend.

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

3. How old is Ava at the beginning of the book?
(a) 45.
(b) 55.
(c) 27.
(d) 38.

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

5. What was Henry's Uncle Buddy's favorite place to eat in Pinewood?
(a) Jenny's.
(b) Simmy's.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Clark's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ava go when she leaves the Rowan in Chapter 16?

2. Who does JJ remind Sylvia of?

3. What is one method Ava has tried to use to help her get pregnant in the past?

4. Who is Henry's brother?

5. What does Ava do when she goes into Devon's old room in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sylvia respond to JJ when he tells her he still has feelings for Ava?

2. What is the significance of Brushy Mountain Road to residents of Pinewood, North Carolina?

3. Apart from the people in the online chat room, who is the first person Ava tells she is pregnant in Chapter 15?

4. How do Marcus and Sylvia first become connected?

5. What was Sylvia's impression of Alice Graham, JJ's grandmother who took him in after his father killed his mother?

6. Who is the first person Ava confides in when she finds out Henry has a son he has never told her about?

7. How does Ava react to seeing Henry's son for the first time when she comes across him in Walmart in Chapter 15?

8. What does JJ always call Sylvia?

9. What is the relationship between Mae and Jonnie Norwood, who co-run the restaurant called Sisters?

10. What happens between Henry and the fortune-teller in New Orleans in Chapter 5?

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