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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 chore did Ava do at her grandmother's Sunday dinners?
2. What question does Sylvia confront Ava with at the start of Chapter 28?
3. What activity was Ava known for doing often as a child?
4. Why is Sylvia so upset with Ava in Chapter 28?
5. What does Ava tell JJ she has just discovered about Henry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What errand does Sylvia take Lana with her to do in Chapter 22 that is related to Marcus?
2. What does Ava hope might happen when she and JJ go to the spot where Devon died?
3. When JJ calls Ava in Chapter 19, how does she realize her feelings for him differ from her feelings for Henry?
4. Why does Sylvia seem to decide she can not help Marcus any longer in Chapter 33?
5. Why is JJ hesitant to bring Ava to Simmy's to eat the first time he sees her in Pinewood after decades?
6. In Chapter 27, what does JJ remember about doing together with his father when he was a child?
7. What does Ava tell JJ in Chapter 20 about how she felt toward Henry's child when she first saw him?
8. Why does Sylvia decide not to go through with her errand for Marcus in Chapter 22 after all?
9. What does Lana suggest that she and Sylvia do together in Chapter 29 to calm themselves a bit?
10. What does Devon spend a large amount of time doing as a young man that many people would view as dangerous?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Ava choose to share her deepest pain and anxiety about her infertility with strangers in online forums? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the meaning of Ava's and Henry's reconciliation at the novel's conclusion. Has Henry achieved redemption? Cite specific references to the text in your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What do you think Sylvia means when she tells Frank Ferguson "There's no getting beyond some things" (353)? Write an essay explaining your answer, taking into account both Sylvia's and Frank's fraught relationships with their own children.
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