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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 happens to the sign from Simmy's after it closes?
(a) One of the grandsons in the family takes it to decorate a barn.
(b) It is sold.
(c) It is melted down and made into a new sign.
(d) It is destroyed.

2. Why does Lana tell Sylvia she should have asked Lana to come to JJ's with her and Ava to see JJ's house?
(a) Lana really wanted to see JJ's house.
(b) Lana tells Sylvia Ava likes Lana better.
(c) They both could have talked some sense into Ava.
(d) Lana tells Sylvia JJ respects Lana more than Sylvia.

3. What is Ava's first impression of JJ's house?
(a) She loves it and tells him it is like her dream home.
(b) She says it is a mansion.
(c) She says it is smaller than she thought it would be.
(d) She does not like it at all.

4. What memory does Lana share with Sylvia when Sylvia says their father was not that bad?
(a) Lana reminds Sylvia their father was an alcoholic.
(b) Lana reminds Sylvia their father had many affairs.
(c) Lana reminds Sylvia that their father beat them.
(d) Lana reminds Sylvia that their father sent Lana out in a car that had something wrong with the brakes.

5. What does Ava do at the reservoir?
(a) Jumps off a high rock.
(b) Buries herself in the sand.
(c) Cuts down a tree.
(d) Immerses herself in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things Lana does on her day off?

2. Where does JJ agree to pick Ava up when they talk on the phone in Chapter 19?

3. What does JJ do with his father as a child that he remembers in Chapter 27?

4. What was Ava's Uncle Earl's nickname?

5. Who does Ava think that Sylvia had an affair with when Ava was a little girl?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sylvia tell Lana about Devon in Chapter 29 that deeply disturbs Lana?

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

4. What does Ava do when she visits the reservoir with JJ in Chapter 34 that is dangerous and unexpected?

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

6. Why does Sylvia go with Ava to the doctor every time she goes to get a pregnancy-related test?

7. What memory about burning trash in a barrel as a child does JJ share with Ava at Simmy's in Chapter 20?

8. What does Lana tell Sylvia about what is happening with Ava in Chapter 29?

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

10. 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?

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