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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) Drink beer and eat pizza.
(b) Watch television.
(c) Do some gardening work.
(d) Take off their clothes and get into his bed together.

2. What is one of the things Lana does on her day off?
(a) Lana babysits on her day off.
(b) Lana does hair for the Perkins cousins, two old women, on her day off.
(c) Lana gambles on her day off.
(d) Lana goes out for dinner on her day off.

3. What chore did Ava do at her grandmother's Sunday dinners?
(a) Wash the dishes.
(b) Cook the chicken.
(c) Take out the garbage.
(d) Clean the vegetables.

4. What did JJ's father do after he unexpectedly won a big hand of poker?
(a) He got a good new job.
(b) He got arrested.
(c) He bought the family a new house.
(d) He left the family for months without telling them where he was.

5. What is the name of the woman JJ tells Ava he has been in a relationship with?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Jonnie.
(c) Bea.
(d) Carrie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylvia finally tell Marcus about Devon?

2. Where does Sylvia first bump into James Martin when he comes back to town?

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

4. What activity was Ava known for doing often as a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Sylvia tell Lana about Devon in Chapter 29 that deeply disturbs Lana?

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

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

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