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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. After Becky tells Andrew that she is sick, he disappears. Where does he go?
(a) To work.
(b) To the park.
(c) To the drugstore.
(d) To take Ava for a walk.

2. While the friends are at the park, Lia notices something about Oliver. What does Lia notice about Oliver?
(a) That he has his first tooth.
(b) That he looks like his dad.
(c) That he has lost weight.
(d) That he is growing up, becoming a little boy.

3. Who is calling on Kelly's cell phone when she is on her way home in "December Kelly"?
(a) Her boss.
(b) Steve.
(c) Lia.
(d) Kelly.

4. Where does Lia meet Sam?
(a) At Mas.
(b) At her apartment.
(c) At the park.
(d) At the airport.

5. How does Tiffany feel about being pregnant with Richard's child?
(a) Angry.
(b) Excited.
(c) Sorry and ashamed.
(d) Proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Becky tell Andrew after he agrees to let his mother go?

2. How do Kelly and her boss make Delores happy?

3. Who tells Ayinde that she could borrow her "I'm with Stupid" T-shirt?

4. Who is the first one to kiss Andrew when he arrives home from work?

5. Who calls Becky crying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lia calls her mother at the end of the "January Kelly" with the intent of asking her to meet her so she can forgive her and let her know it. How does Lia's mother turn the tables?

2. How does the author address the common feeling among mothers that they aren't as good at mothering as everyone else they know, or that they lost their temper and yelled?

3. In the chapter "February Lia," how is it shown that Lia is still in love and wants to reach out to Sam?

4. How is Richard able to show his love for Ayinde during the crisis of baby Julian's sickness?

5. Kelly has been driven by appearances and having everything perfect. How does this change in "February Kelly"?

6. How does Ayinde implement what she learned from her parents in her childhood: that she was a lucky little girl to live so well and she had to be kind and helpful to those less fortunate?

7. Describe how Kelly struggles in "December Kelly" with raising the baby and working.

8. How does Merrill's talk of her husband help Lia make another step on the road to recovery?

9. How is Mimi's self-absorption shown in "October Becky"?

10. How does the fact that Julian is crying when Kelly and Lia arrive and the knowledge that Ayinde didn't know he was crying show the emotional turmoil that she is going through?

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