Part One Make Lemonade Test Review

How do LaVaughn and Jolly meet?

• LaVaughn calls Jolly about a babysitting job.

• LaVaughn and Jolly are friends from school.

• LaVaughn and Jolly's mothers work together.

• They bump into each other at a coffee shop.

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LaVaugh and her mother share a dream. What is the dream?

• To move to California where it is always warm.

• For LaVaughn's father to return from the war.

• For LaVaughn to go to college.

• For mom to get a good job she deserves.

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When LaVaughn tells her mom about hte babysitting opportunity, Mom's reaction could best be described as..

• Concerned, because she makes LaVaughn promise to keep her grades up.

• Happy, because LaVaughn can now help pay the rent.

• Disappointed, because she hoped LaVaughn would get a job in a library.

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How did LaVaughn's friends react when they heard the details about Jolly and the kids?

• They were excited because they were friends with Jolly.

• They told LaVaughn it would not work out and that she should get a different job.

• They knew it would be hard for LaVaughn and they offer to help as much as they can .

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When LaVaughn tells Jeremy he must wait for the lemon seeds to grow and he has to take care of them before he can have a lemon tree, the author is making a metaphor for what?

• LaVaughn's path towards going to college, good grades now=college later.

• LaVaughn's hope to get rich, start a business now=get rich later

• LaVaughn's mother's dream, work hard now=reitre to a warm climate later.

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What happens to LaVaughn's school work when she starts babysitting?

• Her mom has to stay up late with her to help her finish her school work.

• Her grades actually go up because she works harder to not become like Jolly.

• The job has no impact on her school work.

• Her grades drop.

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LaVaughn is concerned that the diaper supply is low, so she tries to potty-train Jeremy. What does this show about Jolly?

• She does not love her children.

• She does not know where to buy diapers.

• She is embarrassed that Jeremy is not potty-trained.

• Challenges in her life are keeping her from fulfilling her responsibilities as a mother.

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Where did Jolly live before she moved into the apartment?

• She lived with the father of Jilly and Jeremy

• She lived with her mom.

• She lived in a box behind the hardware store.

• She lived in an old abandoned school.

How does LaVaughn respond when Jolly asks for her babysitting money.

• LaVaughn does not let her have it.

• LaVaughn realizes the kids need it more than she does and gives it to Jolly.

• LaVaughn call's Jilly's father and yells at him for not helping out.

• LaVaughn gives the money to Jolly, but tells her it is only a loan and she will have to pay it back.

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What advice does LaVaughn give Jolly about how to handle her problem? Why does Jolly resist the advice?

• Jolly should contact Jilly's father. Jolly does not take the advice because she does not know where he is.

• Jolly should get on welfare and go back to school. It is not taken because she is afraid her kids will be taken away.

• Jolly should give the kids up for adoption. She resists the advice because she loves her kids and does not want to be away from them.

• Jolly should move in with LaVaughn. She resists the advice because she has no respect for LaVaughn's mother.

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