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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 interview does Emira have coming up?
(a) A waitress at the tea house.
(b) A daycare managing position at a gym.
(c) A typist for the Democratic party.
(d) A movie theater attendant.

2. What does Alix notice about all of Kelley's ex-girlfriends?
(a) They are all Asian.
(b) They are all white.
(c) They are all tall.
(d) They are all Black.

3. In Chapter 18, what shocks Kelley about Emira's job?
(a) She wears a kind of uniform.
(b) She loves Briar.
(c) She loves Alix.
(d) She does not get paid minimum wage.

4. In Chapter 18, what does Emira tell Briar?
(a) Briar is Imani's favorite.
(b) Briar is her mother's favorite.
(c) Briar is Emira's favorite.
(d) In families, there are no favorites.

5. What does Alix find herself distracted by as she talks to Kelley in Chapter 21?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His attractiveness.
(c) His sadness.
(d) His anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alix think Emira and Kelley met?

2. What does Alix ask Laney in the end of Chapter 22?

3. What is one thing that upsets Alix about seeing Kelley at her house?

4. Why does Mrs. Chamberlain decide not to tell Briar about the death of her goldfish?

5. What do Emira and Briar share on Emira's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, why does Alix go to find Kelley at work to speak to him?

2. Why does Alix want Emira to come to Thanksgiving dinner so badly?

3. What important information does Kelley reveal at Thanksgiving about how he and Emira met?

4. In Chapter 21, what does Alix realize she has done that could have had terrible consequences?

5. What really bothers Emira about Mrs. Chamberlain?

6. In Chapter 19, what does Alix do as soon as Thanksgiving dinner is over?

7. What does Kelley tell Emira after Thanksgiving dinner about Alix?

8. What does Tamra advise Alix to do as far as communicating what she knows about Kelley to Emira?

9. In Chapter 21, how does Alix feel after she tells Emira about Kelley only seeming to want to date Black women?

10. During Thanksgiving dinner, what does Tamra assume about Emira that Emira resents?

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