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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 49-114.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Grandma Martha when the narrative begins?
(a) 78.
(b) 82.
(c) 68.
(d) 72.

2. When Gladys comes to visit Ava and King for the first time at Grandma Martha's, what object does Ava put in the living room?
(a) An ashtray.
(b) A dish of wheat germ.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A dish of candy.

3. What is the name of the sharecropper for whom Josephine and her husband work after the Civil War?
(a) Mr. Dennis.
(b) Mr. Rush.
(c) Mr. Melton.
(d) Mr. Geoffrey.

4. What color are Charlotte's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Brown.

5. What topic does Gladys discuss that makes Ava feel anxious?
(a) Politics.
(b) Sex.
(c) Religion.
(d) Mortality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ava has never lived more than a how-many-minute drive from her mother Gladys's house?

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

4. Since Ava's arrival at Grandma Martha's, she has suffered from nightmares about what subject?

5. Who is Josephine, in relation to Ava?

(see the answer key)

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