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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Avey do during the discrimination of black people in the 1960s and 1970s?
(a) Marched for civil rights.
(b) Paid for civil rights attorneys.
(c) Wrote letters to the President.
(d) Lived in denial.

2. What is the benefit of Avey's hotel balcony meltdown?
(a) She can now forgive her husband.
(b) She can now ask her daughters for forgiveness.
(c) She now has a focus for her anger.
(d) She is finally free of her mother.

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

4. What does Avey recall about Jerome's face as he lay in his casket?
(a) She didn't recognize him.
(b) She thought he was still handsome.
(c) She could not look at him in his casket.
(d) She wished he had kept the mustache.

5. Which of the following can be said about the old women on the ship?
(a) Encouraging.
(b) Protecting.
(c) All of these.
(d) Nurturing.

6. What is Avey's deep-seated pain?
(a) She had neglected the people of her heritage.
(b) She was unfaithful to her husband.
(c) She never told her oldest daughter that she was adopted.
(d) She had an abortion when she was young.

7. 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) Call for help.
(d) Hold her up as best they can.

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

9. What type of creature does Avey find dead in the surf?
(a) A shark.
(b) A dolphin.
(c) A seagull.
(d) A colorful fish.

10. Why did Avey deny who she really was for so many years?
(a) To be a suitable wife for Jerome.
(b) She didn't like the person she used to be.
(c) She never denied herself.
(d) She was embarrassed about her past.

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

12. What does Avey think is the cause of her husband's death?
(a) Overwork.
(b) High cholesterol.
(c) Carelessness.
(d) Smoking.

13. What had the preacher hoped to remind the congregation of by telling the story of the risen Christ?
(a) They are so indebted to Jesus for his suffering.
(b) The power of a great history story.
(c) The promise of eternal life.
(d) God's incredible power when He has something to accomplish.

14. Avey recalls that Marion always looked at her parents as if _____________________.
(a) They had two heads.
(b) She were judging them.
(c) They were amazing.
(d) They were idiots.

15. What does Avey feel that her family sacrificed?
(a) The things that make life worth living.
(b) Their reputations.
(c) Their ancestry.
(d) Their integrity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of dances follow the Beg Pardon?

2. In the sermon, the preacher reminds the congregation that Jesus said he would rise from the dead ___________ after his death.

3. How do the people position themselves in preparation for the Beg Pardon?

4. What is Avey dreaming of prior to waking?

5. What does Avey reply when asked for her name?

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