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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Mabel.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Link.

4. When the narrative opens, what major change are Ava and King in the midst of making?
(a) They are moving.
(b) They are starting a business together.
(c) They are planning to get married.
(d) They are planning to open a school.

5. What is the name of the woman who will soon marry Josephine's family member?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Florence.
(c) Marie.
(d) Mabel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eliza's mother Cyrile do for work?

2. In what room does Ava find Grandma Martha crouched on the floor, rubbing her neck?

3. Which book of the Bible can Jericho "read by himself," (77) impressing his father Major?

4. What is NOT an errand that Ava runs on the day she visits her mother in the section that begins on page 49?

5. In what scientific field does Ava have a college degree?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which two emotions does Ava note within Josephine's expression in the photograph?

2. What is the significance of Gladys's visit to the home of Grandma Martha?

3. Name two drawbacks of Ava's decision to move with her son King into Grandma Martha's house.

4. What action of Josephine's causes Aristide to surrender to her way of thinking?

5. For what event is Josephine preparing in 1924 when we first meet her?

6. What epigraph does Margaret Wilkerson Sexton use at the beginning of the novel and what is one theme contained within the epigraph?

7. Josephine says she had been sure that her eldest daughter would remain by her side throughout their lives. What happens to prevent this outcome?

8. How did Jericho come to stay with Josephine for an extended period of time?

9. What is the source of Josephine's anger toward her son Major on the day of Jericho's school function?

10. What issue does Ava name as the one that led to the breakup of her marriage to Byron?

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