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

2. Where does Sylvia meet JJ for the first time at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Simmy's.
(b) Her house, where he has come to see her.
(c) Ava's house.
(d) Lana's salon.

3. Who is the one person in Carrie's family who still seems to care about her?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

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

5. What worry does Ava share on the web forum about her earlier life in Chapter 11?
(a) That her years as a drug user may have ruined her fertility.
(b) That she may have ruined her fertility by eating too much junk food.
(c) That having a surgery as a teenager may have ruined her fertility.
(d) That she may have been infertile in high school and college and not even known it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of an area is Brushy Mountain Road?

2. Who did JJ live with for most of his youth?

3. What is Jonnie's and Mae's relationship?

4. What does Sylvia tell Devon that JJ told her about a memory from their youth?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kinds of things does Sylvia encourage Marcus to do?

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

4. What does JJ always call Sylvia?

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

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

7. What area of her property does Sylvia devote special care and attention to?

8. How do Marcus and Sylvia first become connected?

9. What happens in Chapter 12 when Sylvia calls Devon?

10. What problem has Ava been struggling with for years that becomes apparent in Chapter 3?

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