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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ava think Eddie is so easygoing and graceful?
(a) he has nothing to prove
(b) he is gay
(c) he is slightly drunk
(d) he is drugged

2. What does Ava do with Gerry when she comes over?
(a) doesn't invite her inside
(b) sits and talks with her
(c) serves her iced tea
(d) slaps her in the face

3. What does Ava do when she sees Eddie?
(a) she watches him
(b) she sits on the lawn where he can't see her
(c) she walks past the house
(d) she sprays him with water

4. What happens when Eddie and Ava are stopped?
(a) they discover they have no money
(b) Ava gets sick
(c) a man starts to fight with a girl
(d) the tire on the car goes flat

5. How many children has Joyce lost?
(a) three
(b) two
(c) one
(d) none

6. Who does Ava talk to about a rash of break-ins that have occurred lately?
(a) Eddie
(b) Joyce
(c) Gerry Anderson
(d) Phyllis

7. What does Joyce do for a living?
(a) teacher
(b) nurse
(c) lawyer
(d) social worker

8. What does Ava wonder about as far as romance goes?
(a) she doesn't think about it at all
(b) if she should do it
(c) if someone would want her
(d) if it's possible

9. How does it work out for the Sewing Circle to meet at Joyce's house?
(a) good, but not great
(b) okay, but not great
(c) very bad
(d) especially gratifying

10. How does Joyce feel about the girls' progress in the last six months?
(a) not much progress has been made
(b) they are moving slowly
(c) she doesn't think about progress
(d) a huge amount has happened

11. What does Ava involve herself in work that summer?
(a) as a hair stylist
(b) the Sewing Circus
(c) in Eddie's store
(d) as a teacher

12. Where does Joyce's group meet?
(a) the hospital
(b) the YMCA
(c) the library
(d) the church

13. What was the baby tested for and found negative?
(a) HIV
(b) tuberculosis
(c) hydrocephalus
(d) sickle cell anemia

14. How has Ava's romantic life been up to the point of the beginning of the book?
(a) wonderful
(b) boring
(c) not satisfying
(d) she had no love life

15. What does Joyce feel is part of her mission with the girls?
(a) to educate them
(b) to adopt their babies
(c) to pay for their education
(d) to get them husbands

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Ava's big objections to Baptist teachings?

2. What does Ava think about the baby's life to come?

3. What kind of meals do Joyce and Eddie cook?

4. How does Ava get her medicine for the HIV?

5. What does Joyce do with the baby?

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