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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 the name of the street that Sylvia's house is on?
(a) Camelot Road.
(b) Chatham Circle.
(c) Development Drive.
(d) Shady Lane.

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

3. Why do some black people still go to the sliding window for their food at Simmy's?
(a) They used to have to do that during the time of segregation and it is a habit.
(b) It is where they see their favorite wait staff.
(c) It is cheaper to pick up food there.
(d) It is faster than going inside.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What worry does Ava share on the web forum about her earlier life in Chapter 11?

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

3. What does Sylvia tell JJ when he asks her about Don in Chapter 10?

4. Who is Henry's brother?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Marcus and Sylvia first become connected?

2. Where does Ava reveal the most personal details of her anguish over her infertility?

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

4. What kind of memories does Sylvia have about her own childhood?

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

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

7. What does Sylvia offer to do for Marcus that she is hoping he will not take her up on?

8. What has happened to the town of Pinewood in recent years?

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

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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