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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can Rosalie and Lebert tell which tribe Avey belongs to?
(a) By the way she dances.
(b) By the size of her feet.
(c) By the shape of her nose.
(d) By her accent.

2. What type of boat is the Emmanuel C?
(a) A crude wooden boat.
(b) A yacht.
(c) A speedboat.
(d) A cruise liner.

3. Which of the following does Avey do when she has a meltdown on the hotel room balcony?
(a) Screams.
(b) Pounds the air with her fist.
(c) All of these.
(d) Cries.

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

5. Where does Avery recall going as a girl on family trips?
(a) The Jersey shore.
(b) Kennebunkport.
(c) Florida.
(d) Bear Mountain.

6. From which of the following could Avey's illness come?
(a) The heat.
(b) The rough waters.
(c) All of these.
(d) Her delicate constitution.

7. For whom was Marion always been an advocate?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Black people.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Homeless people.

8. How does Lebert prepare the circle for the dancers?
(a) He lights the torches.
(b) He clears any stones.
(c) He washes it with water.
(d) He pours rum on it.

9. What type of ceremony does Avey recall filming in Ghana?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A rite of passage.
(c) A christening.
(d) A ceremony to feed the gods.

10. What is the topic of the sermon that Avey recalls?
(a) Jesus' empty tomb.
(b) Moses and the Ten Commandments.
(c) The prodigal son.
(d) Noah building the ark.

11. In the sermon, the preacher reminds the congregation that Jesus said he would rise from the dead ___________ after his death.
(a) One week.
(b) Two days.
(c) One month.
(d) Three days.

12. What is the location of Avey's dream prior to waking?
(a) Great Aunt Cuney's house.
(b) A bus station.
(c) Her childhood bedroom.
(d) The Halsey Street house.

13. How do the people position themselves in preparation for the Beg Pardon?
(a) They lie on the ground wherever they want.
(b) They lie with their faces to the ground.
(c) They sit in a single row.
(d) They are on their knees and forming a circle.

14. What is Avey feeling on the boat at Chapter 6 begins?
(a) Kind of queasy.
(b) Getting a migraine.
(c) Violently ill.
(d) Serene.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Avey offer up her Beg Pardon?

2. How do the women next to Avey know she is really sick?

3. Why did Avey's family go to Bear Mountain when she was a girl?

4. Avey says that her mind is now as empty as ____________________.

5. Who is one of the Oldest Ones who approaches Avey after the dance?

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