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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 does Joyce show Ava is in the envelope Ava has?
(a) pamphlets about AIDS
(b) her new will
(c) some old family photos
(d) a newspaper article

2. When does Joyce think the Sewing Circus is going to end?
(a) until Ava leaves
(b) until the girls graduate
(c) through Christmas
(d) she wants to continue it indefinitely

3. Where does Aretha want to go to school?
(a) Snider
(b) Interlochen
(c) Witney-Combs
(d) Julliard

4. How does Joyce demonstrate the use of condoms?
(a) with clay
(b) on a carved stick
(c) with water
(d) with jumbo hot dogs

5. What does Eddie do while they talk?
(a) drinks some wine
(b) sit-ups
(c) massages Ava's feet
(d) cooks dinner

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eddie wear his hair?

2. Why does Joyce go to the hospital?

3. How did Gerry react to the content of the envelope?

4. What has Joyce been trying to convince Eddie to do?

5. Why is Ava concerned about her health?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the goal of the Sewing Circus?

2. Why has Gerry Anderson come over to Joyce's and what is Ava's reaction?

3. What does Ava see at Joyce's house and how does she feel?

4. What do Joyce and Ava find in Johnny Mack's house that reminds them of the past and what does it make them think about?

5. What is the best thing that happens in Eddie, Joyce and Ava's life that summer?

6. What does Ava do with Aretha and how does Ava feel about it?

7. How do Eddie and Ava feel about seeing each other again and what do they plan?

8. Who meets Ava at the airport and why?

9. How does Joyce demonstrate condoms and what happens while she's doing it?

10. What happens when Ava and Joyce watch Frank and Mattie's house?

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