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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jericho?
(a) Josephine's great-nephew.
(b) Josephine's son.
(c) Josephine's grandson.
(d) Josephine's nephew.

2. How many pounds does the hog weigh that Josephine plans to serve at the wedding?
(a) 100.
(b) 500.
(c) 700.
(d) 300.

3. When King is homesick, Ava suggests that they go back to the old neighborhood when?
(a) For his birthday.
(b) The following weekend.
(c) At Christmas.
(d) The following month.

4. Ava remembers Grandma Martha seeking her out at what time each year in order "to pay for tennis and math and science camps" (6)?
(a) The first days of spring.
(b) Summers.
(c) Christmases.
(d) Easters.

5. What is the name of Eliza's "hotheaded" (26) brother?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Louis.
(c) Edward.
(d) Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Josephine, in relation to Ava?

2. When Josephine first takes on the role of first-person narrator, in what year is the narrative set?

3. When the reader first hears Josephine's voice, she is preparing for the wedding of which character?

4. What piece of diamond jewelry does Grandma Martha give to Ava at the end of the text's first section?

5. Josephine recalls ensuring that her son Major finished which grade in school?

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