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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. Why is Ayinde told she will never anchor the news?
(a) Because she talks funny.
(b) Because she isn't pretty enough.
(c) Because of who her husband is.
(d) Because she isn't smart enough.

2. What is Richard trying to do when Ayinde tells him not to wake the baby?
(a) To move him over in the bed.
(b) Rolling over.
(c) To move him to his crib.
(d) To give him a kiss.

3. Which of the friends wanted to have twins?
(a) Ayinde.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Becky.
(d) Lia.

4. How long is Kelly planning to take maternity leave?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) A year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Eight weeks.

5. What did the couch remind Kelly of?
(a) Trash.
(b) The couch at the nursing home.
(c) The neighbor's couch.
(d) The couch her mom had during her childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Lia's mother live in?

2. Which of the four main characters is an only child?

3. What does the early morning caller tell Becky and Andrew?

4. How does Lia feel when the woman is talking about losing her son?

5. What happens to Steve during the delivery of the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes Kelly's almost perfect world to a world of fear and panic in "June Kelly"?

2. Becky always seems to worry about her weight. How is this self-consciousness shown in the chapter "June Becky"?

3. How does Lia's flight back to LA bring out the thought, "You can't go home again'?

4. When Richard asks if "it's supposed to be this hard" and he answers "everything" to Ayinde. What does Richard mean by "everything"?

5. Kelly jokes, "It takes a village to feed my child." What does this mean?

6. What is the symbolism of Lia tucking her hair under the baseball cap as she heads for the Parents Together Grief group?

7. What are some reasons Becky refuses or does not want to speak to Mimi, her mother-in-law?

8. When Lia tells her mother that "Something happened" her mother assures her that she cares. Lia awaits a sign that her mother cares. How does her mother show her that she cares?

9. What are some things that have shaped the way Kelly is today?

10. We learn Kelly wanted a normal childhood in May Kelly. What does Kelly consider a normal childhood?

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