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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 Henry do with the woman who reads his palm in New Orleans?
(a) Has sex with her.
(b) Takes her back to South Carolina with him.
(c) Makes her dinner.
(d) Buys her a house.

2. Where does Sylvia meet JJ for the first time at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Lana's salon.
(b) Ava's house.
(c) Simmy's.
(d) Her house, where he has come to see her.

3. What was JJ's grandmother's name?
(a) Jamie Smith.
(b) Sylvia Ross.
(c) Alice Graham.
(d) Mae Jacobs.

4. What is Jonnie's and Mae's relationship?
(a) They are sisters.
(b) They are niece and aunt.
(c) They are daughter and mother.
(d) They are cousins.

5. What does Ava want Henry to do as soon as he gets home from work?
(a) Take the dog out.
(b) Go to the bank.
(c) Change and shower.
(d) Make dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sylvia continue to speak with Marcus even though she really does not know him very well?

2. What does Carrie tell Henry in Chapter 17 that upsets him?

3. Why do some black people still go to the sliding window for their food at Simmy's?

4. What does Henry do in New Orleans?

5. Who is Sylvia's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Henry and the fortune-teller in New Orleans in Chapter 5?

2. How does Don feel about Jonnie's little girl, Sasha?

3. What was the original purpose of Development Drive, where Sylvia's house is?

4. What does Sylvia offer to do for Marcus that she is hoping he will not take her up on?

5. Where does Ava reveal the most personal details of her anguish over her infertility?

6. Why does Sylvia resist the idea of going on a cruise with her sister Lana?

7. Who is the first person Ava confides in when she finds out Henry has a son he has never told her about?

8. What area of her property does Sylvia devote special care and attention to?

9. What is the relationship between Mae and Jonnie Norwood, who co-run the restaurant called Sisters?

10. What happens in Chapter 12 when Sylvia calls Devon?

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