2. Which character comes to Josephine's door crying after she has had a long spell with no visitors?
(a) Major.
(b) Jericho.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Vern.

3. Who taught Ava "how to visualize a white light encasing" her and "protecting [her] from harm" (51)?
(a) Gladys.
(b) King.
(c) Grandma Martha.
(d) Byron.

4. What is the name of the man who owns the Wildwood plantation?
(a) Harry.
(b) Dick.
(c) Steve.
(d) Tom.

5. How many months pregnant is Eliza when there is a dispute over a tree?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the search for Grandma Martha, Juanita, King, and Ava are "almost at" what street when they "hear a muffled voice call out, 'Nine-one-one, what's your emergency?'" (195)?

2. What is the name of Senait's son?

3. Which mixed-race character at Wildwood has the slaveowner at Wildwood for a father?

4. Josephine thinks to herself in 1924, "Isaiah would be so proud of all that had come from those first" how many "acres" (176)?

5. Whose workers noisily cut down a tree in 1924, causing "everybody within a quarter mile" to hear the "crack" (209)?

(see the answer key)

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