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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 does Ava tell Sylvia about Henry in Chapter 32?
(a) That Henry sells drugs.
(b) That Henry lost his job.
(c) That Henry is leaving her.
(d) That Henry has a child.

2. What does Ava accuse Sylvia of doing years earlier in Chapter 32?
(a) Having an affair with James Martin.
(b) Leaving Don.
(c) Having an abortion.
(d) Robbing a store.

3. What does Ava tell JJ about Zeke in Chapter 34?
(a) That she wanted Henry to go and live with him and Carrie.
(b) That she was going to try to get custody of him.
(c) That she had driven to his school just to catch a glimpse of him.
(d) That she had planned on kidnapping him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. How does Devon die?

4. What does Ava say to Sylvia in Chapter 32 about Devon that is extremely painful for Sylvia to hear?

5. What does Ava tell JJ she has just discovered about Henry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Devon spend a large amount of time doing as a young man that many people would view as dangerous?

4. Why is JJ hesitant to bring Ava to Simmy's to eat the first time he sees her in Pinewood after decades?

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

6. What does Lana suggest that she and Sylvia do together in Chapter 29 to calm themselves a bit?

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

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

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

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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