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

2. Who is Henry's brother?
(a) Michael.
(b) JJ.
(c) Sean.
(d) Alan.

3. What dose Ava do after she sees Henry's son at Walmart?
(a) She checks into a seedy hotel.
(b) She gets drunk.
(c) She goes swimming in the reservoir.
(d) She cuts off all her hair.

4. What kind of work does JJ do?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a politician.
(c) He is a machinist.
(d) He is a software engineer.

5. What restaurant has Don started going to recently in Chapter 13?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Clark's.
(d) Mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ava's job?

2. Where is Henry's brother when the book opens?

3. What is one household chore Don helps Sylvia do when he comes to see her in Chapter 13?

4. How does Sylvia know Marcus?

5. Who does Henry go to see at Simmy's in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem has Ava been struggling with for years that becomes apparent in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. What has happened to the town of Pinewood in recent years?

5. Apart from the people in the online chat room, who is the first person Ava tells she is pregnant in Chapter 15?

6. What is the significance of Brushy Mountain Road to residents of Pinewood, North Carolina?

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

8. How does Ava react to seeing Henry's son for the first time when she comes across him in Walmart in Chapter 15?

9. What kind of memories does Sylvia have about her own childhood?

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

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