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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 is so disturbing to Sylvia, and even to Don himself, about Don's relationship with Jonnie?
(a) Jonnie is just looking for someone to support her.
(b) Jonnie's mother has been trying to get she and Don together for years.
(c) Jonnie has just been in an abusive relationship and is vulnerable because of that.
(d) Jonnie is decades younger than Don.

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

3. What is one thing Jonnie teaches Don to do that he really likes?
(a) To cook.
(b) To dance.
(c) To sing.
(d) To paint.

4. What does Ava look like?
(a) She is tall and muscular.
(b) She is small and delicate with attractive features.
(c) She is unusually short.
(d) She is quite overweight.

5. Who is Henry's brother?
(a) JJ.
(b) Michael.
(c) Sean.
(d) Alan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lana tell Ava about discovering Henry's betrayal in Chapter 16?

3. What does Henry call his mother-in-law?

4. What is Carrie's son's name?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Don feel about Jonnie's little girl, Sasha?

3. What name does JJ tell Sylvia he goes by now in Chapter 10?

4. Why does Sylvia resist the idea of going on a cruise with her sister Lana?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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