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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 do JJ and Ava do when they go to his house for the first time?
(a) Take off their clothes and get into his bed together.
(b) Do some gardening work.
(c) Watch television.
(d) Drink beer and eat pizza.

2. Who is in the house with Charlotte when Sylvia visits her?
(a) Several children.
(b) Charlotte's parents.
(c) Charlotte's and Marcus's daughter.
(d) Marcus's elderly mother.

3. Where do Ava and JJ go after Ava has realized she had a miscarriage?
(a) California.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Europe.
(d) The reservoir.

4. What does Lana say when Sylvia asks her if she will go to Simmy's again before it closes?
(a) Lana has not been in Simmy's for 15 years and does not have any interest in going before it closes.
(b) Lana will go with her husband Gus.
(c) Lana will go if Sylvia wants to go.
(d) Lana goes to Simmy's once a week.

5. What does Ava tell JJ in Chapter 19 that she has only told one other person, a stranger?
(a) She is getting a divorce.
(b) She is getting a promotion.
(c) She just lost her job.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sylvia so upset with Ava in Chapter 28?

2. What bizarre incident had happened to Ava's old friend's Kim's young daughter?

3. Who does Lana tell Sylvia that Sylvia needs to call in Chapter 22?

4. What is the name of the woman JJ tells Ava he has been in a relationship with?

5. What is the yard around JJ's house like in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sylvia decide not to go through with her errand for Marcus in Chapter 22 after all?

2. What happens when Joy's car breaks down and she needs to call her brother to give her and Devon a ride home in chapter 30?

3. Why does Sylvia seem to decide she can not help Marcus any longer in Chapter 33?

4. What does Sylvia tell Ava about her opinion about Ava and JJ's relationship in Chapter 28?

5. How does Charlotte react when Sylvia goes to visit her in Chapter 35?

6. What memory about working for a white family does Don share with Jonnie in Chapter 25?

7. What does Jimmy Patterson try to do for Devon in Chapter 30?

8. In Chapter 27, what does JJ remember about doing together with his father when he was a child?

9. What does Ava hope might happen when she and JJ go to the spot where Devon died?

10. What kinds of emotions does Sylvia experience the first time Ava brings her to JJ's house on Brushy Mountain Road?

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