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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Ava at the beginning of Chapter 19 who she has not spoken to in years?

2. What does Ava say when Sylvia asks her to leave JJ's house with her in Chapter 26?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlotte react when Sylvia goes to visit her in Chapter 35?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring why JJ Ferguson seems to feel such strong positive emotions towards a town - Pinewood - where he experienced such tragedy and misery.

Essay Topic 2

Sylvia and Ava have a loving - but complicated - mother-daughter relationship. Write an essay analyzing the nature of Sylvia's and Ava's relationship, exploring the events from their past and their shared family history that contribute significantly to the tensions between them.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining why Sylvia acts with such hostility toward both Ava and JJ when they take her to see JJ's house for the first time. What emotions is she dealing with upon seeing the house and the couple there together?

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