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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time of day does Ava visit her mother in the hospital after she is admitted for coughing up blood?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Late evening.
(d) The middle of the night.

2. Ava finds that she has missed how many calls about her Grandma Martha a few days after Gladys's welcome-home party?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. When Ava wakes up in the middle of the night and finds a pigeon outside her window, what sound does she hear first?
(a) Singing.
(b) Chanting.
(c) Moaning.
(d) Rattling.

4. How many clients show up to Hazel's house for the meeting led by Ava in Gladys's absence?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. For how long has Grandma Martha been missing by the time Ava is notified by phone?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Minutes.
(c) Days.
(d) Hours.

6. Who comes to Major and Eliza's door in 1924 saying that he has been wronged?
(a) Major.
(b) Vern.
(c) Aristide.
(d) Louis.

7. Jupiter tells Winnie that he will change whose mind for her if she allows him to join the Revisioners?
(a) Fred's.
(b) Sally's.
(c) Missus's.
(d) Domingo's.

8. Which one of the following members of the Revisioners will NOT be joining the chosen group when they make their escape?
(a) Domingo.
(b) Winnie.
(c) Fred.
(d) Josephine.

9. Whose workers noisily cut down a tree in 1924, causing "everybody within a quarter mile" to hear the "crack" (209)?
(a) Aristide.
(b) Paul.
(c) Josephine's.
(d) Louis's.

10. While exhibiting signs of dementia, Grandma Martha uses the word "colored" (196) to refer to which character?
(a) Ava.
(b) Juanita.
(c) Binh.
(d) King.

11. Who stays with Eliza throughout each day and night once she becomes pregnant?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Link.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Major.

12. When the search party finds Grandma Martha, she tells Ava that she had been looking for what objects?
(a) Scissors.
(b) Guns.
(c) Chains.
(d) Cabins.

13. Josephine states that in contrast to Missus, her mother Winnie handles her feelings "like" what "on a low fire" (115)?
(a) Chili.
(b) Butter.
(c) Grits.
(d) Stew.

14. Sally says to Josephine, "I'd never to do anything to hurt you, Josephine. You're like a" what "to me" (149)?
(a) Sister.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Friend.
(d) Twin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Ava receive a call telling her that her mother Gladys is in the hospital?

2. What color hair does Missus have?

3. In what way was Isaiah related to Josephine before his death?

4. Where does Ava go when she leaves Grandma Martha's book club meeting?

5. How far away does Charlotte live from her mother?

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