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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Lana's husband's name?
2. What does Ava tell JJ she has just discovered about Henry?
3. What does Lana tell Sylvia about what is wrong with Ava?
4. What is the yard around JJ's house like in Chapter 26?
5. Who does Lana tell Sylvia that Sylvia needs to call in Chapter 22?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Sylvia seem to decide she can not help Marcus any longer in Chapter 33?
2. What does Sylvia tell Lana about Devon in Chapter 29 that deeply disturbs Lana?
3. What does Ava hope might happen when she and JJ go to the spot where Devon died?
4. What does Lana tell Sylvia about what is happening with Ava in Chapter 29?
5. What does Sylvia tell Ava about her opinion about Ava and JJ's relationship in Chapter 28?
6. In Chapter 27, what does JJ remember about what happened in his childhood after his father won a big hand at poker?
7. When JJ calls Ava in Chapter 19, how does she realize her feelings for him differ from her feelings for Henry?
8. What does Lana suggest that she and Sylvia do together in Chapter 29 to calm themselves a bit?
9. What does Jimmy Patterson try to do for Devon in Chapter 30?
10. What errand does Sylvia take Lana with her to do in Chapter 22 that is related to Marcus?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many black characters in the book harbor pain and terrible memories of the era of segregation. Write an essay analyzing some of the symbols, settings, or customs that most remind them of this era.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining why you think Sylvia lets her husband Don back into the house and seems to still love him even after he has been cheating on her for a lengthy period of time with a much younger woman.
Essay Topic 3
Many of the women in the novel - Sylvia, Ava, Carrie, and Jonnie, to name a few - are strong and resilient, but they deal with men who have betrayed or let them down in various ways. Pick two female characters who have been hurt by their relationships with men and compare and contrast how they deal with the betrayals.
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