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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 Marcus ask Sylvia to do for him in Chapter 33?
(a) Send him food.
(b) Talk to the parole board on his behalf.
(c) Talk to Charlotte and tell her not to forget him.
(d) Send him money.

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

3. What does Sylvia pick up Lana in her car to do with her in Chapter 22?
(a) Try to find Charlotte's house so Sylvia can talk to her about Marcus.
(b) Go to find Ava because they are worried about her.
(c) Go to talk to Henry and convince him to come back to Ava.
(d) Go to book the cruise vacation together.

4. Who does Lana tell Sylvia that Sylvia needs to call in Chapter 22?
(a) Don.
(b) Ava.
(c) JJ.
(d) Henry.

5. Where does Sylvia say she is going to go with Ava at the start of Chapter 32?
(a) To the grocery store.
(b) To a divorce lawyer.
(c) To the doctor's.
(d) To confront Henry.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 did everyone else refer to Lana's shop?

4. What does Ava tell JJ in Chapter 19 that she has only told one other person, a stranger?

5. What did JJ and Ava find at the place where Devon was killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens between Devon and the unnamed old woman who he helps with cleaning her basement?

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

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

7. What is Ava's impression of James Martin, a man from her mother's past?

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

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

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

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