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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Avey do as the ship sets sail to Carriacou?
(a) Closes her eyes.
(b) All of these.
(c) Relaxes her mind.
(d) Breathes the salt air.

2. What question does the preacher ask after he finishes the story of Christ rising from the dead?
(a) If anyone wants to testify.
(b) If anyone wants to be baptized today.
(c) Who will see Christ at the end of his life?
(d) What stones the parishoners have pulled over their hearts.

3. What does Lebert tell Avey that the annual island excursion is all about?
(a) All of these.
(b) Family.
(c) Relaxing.
(d) Dancing.

4. Which of the following does Avey dream when she is below deck?
(a) All of these.
(b) She is a slave.
(c) She is chained in a dark place.
(d) She is cramped on a ship.

5. What is another name for the Old Parents?
(a) Used Up Folks.
(b) Geezers.
(c) Archaic Ancestors.
(d) Long-Time People.

6. Who is Lebert's daughter?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Rihanna.
(c) Rosalie.
(d) Roxanne.

7. What does Avey dream of while below deck on the ship?
(a) Her mother's funeral.
(b) Her wedding to Jay.
(c) The ships that brought the slaves to America.
(d) Her daughter's birthday party.

8. Avey says that her mind is now as empty as ____________________.
(a) Bloomingdale's on Christmas.
(b) A cave.
(c) A theme park at midnight.
(d) Her emptied purse.

9. What does Rosalie do for Avey?
(a) Loans her some clothes.
(b) Makes her some tea.
(c) Drives her into town.
(d) Gives her a sponge bath.

10. What startles Avey awake?
(a) Loud neighbors.
(b) She steps into the sunlight in the room.
(c) A wake-up call.
(d) An alarm call.

11. What will now become a sacred place for Avey and her family?
(a) Grenada.
(b) Tatem.
(c) Carriacou.
(d) Savannah.

12. About what does Avey reflect on in Chapter 5?
(a) Her grandchildren.
(b) Her husband's infidelity.
(c) The boy she had loved in school.
(d) The high price her family paid for affluence.

13. What do the old women do as they help Avey move below deck?
(a) Put a blanket over her head.
(b) Cover her with their shawls.
(c) Hold her up as best they can.
(d) Call for help.

14. What does Avey recall envisioning binding the group members of her girlhood trips?
(a) A silver thread.
(b) A silky scarf.
(c) A rough rope.
(d) A red ribbon.

15. What is the cause of Avey's husband's death?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Avey feel that her family sacrificed?

2. What brings Avey back to reality on the beach?

3. What does Avey recall about Jerome's face as he lay in his casket?

4. What does Rosalie wish Lebert would do?

5. Avey wonders if Jay had really died on the night of their big fight and ____________ had been masquerading in his body all those years since.

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