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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character taught Josephine "her letters" (147)?
(a) Sally.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Missus.

2. Josephine tells Louis that she does not need to have attended school to know that if "you talk to a white man like you got some sense, and he'll" take what action against "your head" (211)?
(a) Bury it.
(b) Cut it off.
(c) Blow it wide open.
(d) Smash it.

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

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

5. Which other character is in the car with Ava when she finds a series of missed calls about Grandma Martha?
(a) Byron.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Gladys.
(d) King.

6. How long does it take for Missus to conceive a child after Josephine begins to will the child into existence?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

7. During the search for Grandma Martha, Juanita, King, and Ava are "almost at" what street when they "hear a muffled voice call out, 'Nine-one-one, what's your emergency?'" (195)?
(a) Jefferson Avenue.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Knickerbocker Avenue.
(d) Magnolia Lane.

8. For how many years has Josephine lived at Wildwood when 1855 arrives?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

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

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

11. From whom does Ava receive a call telling her that her mother Gladys is in the hospital?
(a) Gladys's neighbor.
(b) Byron.
(c) Grandma Martha.
(d) Hazel.

12. To whom does Ava nearly place a call after she leaves the book club meeting?
(a) Byron.
(b) King.
(c) Senait.
(d) Gladys.

13. Josephine celebrates the fact that she can only detect a "slight" bit of what "ever-present" (210) emotion within Major's words to Vern?
(a) Glee.
(b) Shame.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Anger.

14. Which character does Ava credit with snapping her out of her depression after the breakup of her marriage to Byron?
(a) Byron.
(b) Senait.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Grandma Martha.

15. Where does Ava go when she leaves Grandma Martha's book club meeting?
(a) Upstairs to her own room.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Upstairs to Grandma Martha's room.
(d) Gladys's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Josephine returns to her own house and finds Charlotte on her own porch, what word does Charlotte use to describe her husband Vern?

2. Who tells Major that he ought not to "let a man treat you like a dog too many times," lest "you start to feel like one" (211)?

3. Which character comes to Josephine's door crying after she has had a long spell with no visitors?

4. Link tells Josephine that white people are incapable of being friends with black people, since "they think friend mean" (143) what?

5. Which character does Jericho mention during the game of whist that causes Josephine to pace the floor all night?

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