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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Joyce decide to visit the state capitol?
(a) she felt like getting out of town
(b) she wants to get away from the baby's crying
(c) she couldn't get the right person on the phone
(d) she has to file an appeal in person

2. Why does Ava feel satisfied about her interaction with Aretha?
(a) that she helped her self esteem
(b) that Aretha idolizes her
(c) that Aretha does what Ava says
(d) that Aretha asks so many questions

3. What is the basic goal of the Sewing Circus?
(a) to get young girls jobs
(b) to sell quilts at Christmas
(c) help young black women take care of themselves
(d) to help pregnant teenagers

4. What does Gerry do about the information?
(a) kills her husband
(b) confronts her husband
(c) denies it
(d) moves to Chicago

5. What does Eddie say to Ava as they're walking?
(a) he loves her
(b) he doesn't want anything permanent
(c) he has taken a job in San Fransico
(d) he is worried

6. What did the letter Joyce received from the state say?
(a) the state was taking the house
(b) the state halted funding for the Sewing Circus
(c) the state was awarding her a larger grant
(d) she owed back taxes to the state

7. Where does Ava meet Eddie again after the night he told her about his jail time?
(a) at Joyce's
(b) at the library
(c) at a gas station
(d) at the grocery store

8. What has Ava determined to do with Eddie?
(a) avoid him
(b) tell him her HIV status
(c) stay friends
(d) marry him

9. What does Eddie want Joyce to do?
(a) get a better lock on her door
(b) get a gun
(c) get an alarm system
(d) move near him

10. Of what is Eddie pretty certain about the robberies?
(a) they are ex-cons
(b) he knows the culprits
(c) they are white supremacists
(d) the police know who is doing them

11. In what three areas does Joyce want to deal with in the Circus?
(a) praying, reading the Bible and going to church
(b) reading, math and history
(c) eating, exercise and health
(d) financial, material and spiritual

12. What time does Ava wake up the morning after she had sex with Eddie?
(a) noon
(b) ten A.M.
(c) eight A.M.
(d) six A.M.

13. How does Ava feel about keeping Imani by herself?
(a) she's irritated
(b) she's indifferent
(c) she thinks Eddie should do it
(d) she finds she loves the baby

14. Who is Tyrone's father?
(a) the school principal
(b) Joyce's good friend
(c) the minister
(d) the chief of police

15. Why does Ava worry that she has gone from HIV positive to full blown AIDS?
(a) she has shortness of breath
(b) woke up with drenched sheets
(c) she starts to bruise
(d) she is feeling very tired

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joyce forced to do with Imani?

2. What does Eddie do after Johnny Mack's house purchase is completed?

3. Why did black people first start coming to Idlewild?

4. Why did Ava wake up when a car pulled in at Joyce's?

5. How is the issue finally resolved?

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