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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Avey had a dream about her ______________.
(a) Daughters.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Husband.
(d) Great Aunt Cuney.

2. What did Jay read to the girls on Sunday mornings?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Sunday paper.
(c) Storybooks.
(d) Black poetry.

3. During their argument Avey can see that Jay desperately wants ______________.
(a) To leave her.
(b) To go to sleep.
(c) To hit her.
(d) A beer.

4. Who were the African people who walked on water to escape bondage?
(a) Ebos.
(b) Ubos.
(c) Ibos.
(d) Iqos.

5. Which of the following are Avey's plans?
(a) Fly home.
(b) All of these.
(c) Leave the ship.
(d) Get a hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Avey's formal name?

2. Who is Avey's oldest daughter?

3. What are all the people at the harbor doing?

4. How does Avey approach Jay on the question of infidelity?

5. A man tells Avey that from the back she looks like a woman named _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use a flashback to show the beginnings of Avey's discomfort on the cruise ship?

2. What does Avey learn from the taxi driver about what all the commotion is about with the people at the harbor?

3. What are some of Avey's memories of her life in the Halsey Street apartment?

4. What is the significance of the peach parfait for Avey?

5. What did Avey realize about Jay on the night of the big fight?

6. What happened when Avey finally let loose with her suspicions of Jay?

7. What was Jay's response to Avey's hysterics?

8. Who is the main character of the story and what is she doing as the novel opens?

9. Who is Thomasina and how does she react to Avey's wanting to leave the cruise?

10. How did Jay and Avey's life begin to take a turn for the better?

(see the answer keys)

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