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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 day of the week was Lana's shop closed?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.
2. Who does Lana tell Sylvia that Sylvia needs to call in Chapter 22?
(a) Don.
(b) JJ.
(c) Henry.
(d) Ava.
3. What does JJ ask the waitress at the front counter as soon as he and Ava get to Simmy's?
(a) Whether or not Henry has been there that day.
(b) Whether or not they serve vegan food.
(c) Whether or not they serve alcohol.
(d) Whether or not Carrie is working.
4. What chore did Ava do at her grandmother's Sunday dinners?
(a) Take out the garbage.
(b) Clean the vegetables.
(c) Cook the chicken.
(d) Wash the dishes.
5. What does Sylvia tell Charlotte about Marcus when she visits Charlotte in Chapter 35?
(a) That Marcus has called her from jail and wants Sylvia to ask Charlotte not to forget about him.
(b) That Marcus is getting out of jail in a few weeks.
(c) That Marcus needs Charlotte to send him a cake.
(d) That Marcus wants Charlotte to send him money.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Ava's grandmother's name where she would spend Sundays sometimes?
2. What feeling about JJ's house could Sylvia not even admit to herself that she harbored?
3. What does Ava say when Sylvia asks her to leave JJ's house with her in Chapter 26?
4. Who calls Ava at the beginning of Chapter 19 who she has not spoken to in years?
5. Why did Devon decide to walk home instead of get in Joy's brother's car in Chapter 30?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ava hope might happen when she and JJ go to the spot where Devon died?
2. Why does Sylvia seem to decide she can not help Marcus any longer in Chapter 33?
3. What happens between Devon and the unnamed old woman who he helps with cleaning her basement?
4. What does Lana suggest that she and Sylvia do together in Chapter 29 to calm themselves a bit?
5. Why is JJ hesitant to bring Ava to Simmy's to eat the first time he sees her in Pinewood after decades?
6. What memory about working for a white family does Don share with Jonnie in Chapter 25?
7. What does Lana tell Sylvia about what is happening with Ava in Chapter 29?
8. In Chapter 27, what does JJ remember about what happened in his childhood after his father won a big hand at poker?
9. What kinds of emotions does Sylvia experience the first time Ava brings her to JJ's house on Brushy Mountain Road?
10. What memory about burning trash in a barrel as a child does JJ share with Ava at Simmy's in Chapter 20?
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