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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 question does Sylvia confront Ava with at the start of Chapter 28?
(a) Sylvia asks Ava if she lost her job.
(b) Sylvia asks Ava if she needs money.
(c) Sylvia asks Ava if she is pregnant.
(d) Sylvia asks Ava if she is divorcing Henry.

2. Where did Jonnie work before she had come home and had her baby?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Miami.
(d) Charlotte.

3. How does Devon die?
(a) He is hit by a car after many miles of walking along busy roads.
(b) He is shot during a robbery.
(c) He dies of cancer.
(d) He dies from a drug overdose.

4. Where does JJ agree to pick Ava up when they talk on the phone in Chapter 19?
(a) At the Walmart.
(b) At Simmy's.
(c) At her job at the bank.
(d) At Ava's house.

5. What did JJ's father give him after winning a big hand in poker?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A $50 bill.
(d) A $20 bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylvia tell Charlotte about Marcus when she visits Charlotte in Chapter 35?

2. What is the state of Jonnie and Don's relationship at the end of Chapter 24?

3. What feeling about JJ's house could Sylvia not even admit to herself that she harbored?

4. What does Sylvia remember about going to the doctor when she was pregnant years earlier?

5. What memory does Lana share with Sylvia when Sylvia says their father was not that bad?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What errand does Sylvia take Lana with her to do in Chapter 22 that is related to Marcus?

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

4. In Chapter 27, what does JJ remember about what happened in his childhood after his father won a big hand at poker?

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

6. When JJ calls Ava in Chapter 19, how does she realize her feelings for him differ from her feelings for Henry?

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

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

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

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

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