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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 say when Sylvia asks her to leave JJ's house with her in Chapter 26?
(a) Ava says she is never leaving JJ's house.
(b) Ava says she will go with Sylvia.
(c) Ava says JJ will take Ava home later and Sylvia should go on her own.
(d) Ava says Sylvia should get a taxi.

2. What does Sylvia remember about going to the doctor when she was pregnant years earlier?
(a) She remembers her husband getting squeamish at the sight of blood.
(b) She remembers the nurse hurting her with a needle.
(c) She remembers the doctor being kind and gentle.
(d) She remembers the doctor humiliating her because of her weight.

3. 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 tells Sylvia Ava likes Lana better.
(b) They both could have talked some sense into Ava.
(c) Lana tells Sylvia JJ respects Lana more than Sylvia.
(d) Lana really wanted to see JJ's house.

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

5. What is the yard around JJ's house like in Chapter 26?
(a) It is all sand.
(b) It is beautifully landscaped.
(c) It is a muddy mess.
(d) It is all gravel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lana say when Sylvia asks her if she will go to Simmy's again before it closes?

2. What does Ava tell JJ about Zeke in Chapter 34?

3. What does Marcus ask Sylvia to do for him in Chapter 33?

4. What is Lana's husband's name?

5. What does Ava tell Sylvia about Henry in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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