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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what do Eddie and Ava finally convince Joyce?
(a) to go back to school
(b) to keep a gun in the house
(c) to start dating again
(d) to move to a better neighborhood

2. Why won't Joyce do what Eddie wants her to do?
(a) she thinks the best of everyone
(b) it's against her religion
(c) she's too frightened
(d) it's too expensive

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

4. What does the hospital say after they treat Imani?
(a) she will have intellectual problems
(b) she'll limp for life
(c) her burns aren't treatable
(d) she'll make a full recovery

5. Why does Ava run out of the house when Eddie asks her to marry him?
(a) because of being HIV positive
(b) she doesn't love him that way
(c) Joyce would be hurt if they married
(d) she's already married

6. What does Joyce do about the boys when she comes home?
(a) vandalizes their car
(b) files a police report
(c) calls their parents
(d) recruits their girlfriend for the Sewing Circus

7. What is Ava thinking about as she runs through the woods?
(a) how she can't have sex
(b) how she can say no to Eddie
(c) how she has never wanted to marry
(d) how she can marry Eddie

8. 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

9. How is the issue finally resolved?
(a) Gerry will pay for the window
(b) the boys will do community service
(c) the boys' license will be suspended
(d) it's not resolved

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

11. Who does Joyce see as a beacon of hope for the Sewing Circus?
(a) Ava
(b) Aretha
(c) Imani
(d) Eddie

12. What did the two boys in the car do?
(a) played loud music
(b) have sex with the girl in the car
(c) run over the garden
(d) shoot into the house

13. What does Johnny Mack tell Eddie?
(a) he's selling his house
(b) he killed one of the burghers
(c) he's getting married
(d) his sister's coming to live with him

14. What do Ava and Eddie think Frank represents?
(a) negative sterotype about black people
(b) the disadvantages of being poor
(c) the problem with the child welfare system
(d) a young man who needs to find his way

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ava notice about her and Eddie walking?

2. Where does Ava go when she wakes up?

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

4. How does Ava feel about her experience with Eddie the night before?

5. What do Ava and Eddie spend a lot of time doing?

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