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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. The sound of breaking glass Ava hears is affiliated with the vandalism and interior theft of what make of SUV?
(a) Lexus.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) Kia.
(d) Chevrolet.

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

3. When the novel begins, in what year is the first section of the text set?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2017.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1924.

4. How many clients are at Gladys's home when Ava arrives for her visit?
(a) 3.
(b) 13.
(c) 21.
(d) 7.

5. How old is King?
(a) 17.
(b) 32.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Gladys's immediate reaction to Ava's revelation about having moved in with Grandma Martha?

3. The group called the Revisioners was made up of how many members?

4. What is NOT an element of the best middle school in the city, which King attends for the first time early in the novel?

5. The narrator reveals that Josephine began her life as a what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss two instances when Ava engages in denial regarding Grandma Martha's behaviors.

3. What aspect of Gladys's health worries Ava, though she tries not to think about it?

4. Who is Senait?

5. How does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within Ava's worries about her mother Gladys's health?

6. How did young Josephine come to be a member of the Revisioners?

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

8. What circumstances led to Josephine's mother remaining emotionally distant from Josephine?

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

10. In what way does Josephine demonstrate the power to empathize with those different from herself?

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