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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who tried to find Josephine's mother after the Civil War, but to no avail?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Link.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Mabel.

2. What does Eliza's mother Cyrile do for work?
(a) She is a lawyer.
(b) She is a washerwoman.
(c) She is a nurse.
(d) She is a teacher.

3. When the reader first hears Josephine's voice, she is preparing for the wedding of which character?
(a) Her only daughter.
(b) Her nephew.
(c) Her second son.
(d) Her only son.

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

5. Who invites Josephine to Jericho's school function in 1924?
(a) Major.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Aristide.
(d) Charlotte.

6. What is NOT an errand that Ava runs on the day she visits her mother in the section that begins on page 49?
(a) Getting her car washed.
(b) Paying her storage fees.
(c) Retrieving a photograph from her former apartment.
(d) Alerting the power company.

7. The neighbors named Vern and Charlotte that Josephine gained a few months before the reader meets her are what type of people?
(a) White.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Poor.
(d) Religious.

8. Josephine recalls ensuring that her son Major finished which grade in school?
(a) 10th.
(b) 4th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 8th.

9. Ava reveals that she is how many years old?
(a) 32.
(b) 38.
(c) 28.
(d) 26.

10. How many months did it take Ava's savings to run out once she threw her husband Byron out of the house for cheating on her?
(a) 3.
(b) 9
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

11. Who is the character named Byron?
(a) Ava's father.
(b) King's grandfather.
(c) King's uncle.
(d) King's father.

12. What is Gladys's immediate reaction to Ava's revelation about having moved in with Grandma Martha?
(a) She starts to cry.
(b) She leaves the room.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She stares at her.

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

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

15. When Josephine first takes on the role of first-person narrator, in what year is the narrative set?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many pounds does the hog weigh that Josephine plans to serve at the wedding?

3. How old is Ava's mother Gladys?

4. What color are Charlotte's eyes?

5. Who taught Ava "how to visualize a white light encasing" her and "protecting [her] from harm" (51)?

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