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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 115-174.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ava has never lived more than a how-many-minute drive from her mother Gladys's house?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

2. How many slaves had their heads "speared on posts dotting the Mississippi River" (122) in association with the Travis plot?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

3. Link tells Josephine that white people are incapable of being friends with black people, since "they think friend mean" (143) what?
(a) Enemy.
(b) Patsy.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mule.

4. In what room of Gladys's house does Ava wait for her mother to finish with her clients?
(a) Gladys's bedroom.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The patio.
(d) The living room.

5. 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) Summers.
(b) The first days of spring.
(c) Easters.
(d) Christmases.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the man named Aristide who owns the farm next door to Josephine's farm?

2. What is the name of Link's son, who went missing after being forced to work in a chain gang?

3. Josephine says in 1924 that she has ensured that which character "attends school year-round" (77)?

4. During the wedding, Josephine has to look away when she gets choked up thinking about three qualities Major shares with his late father. What is NOT one of these qualities?

5. Where does Ava find the photograph of Josephine after Gladys goes home?

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