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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Ava's mother Gladys?
2. What is the name of Josephine's husband?
3. Ava has noticed that King likes to produce what type of writing?
4. Josephine recalls ensuring that her son Major finished which grade in school?
5. What is the last name of the man named Aristide who owns the farm next door to Josephine's farm?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss two instances when Ava engages in denial regarding Grandma Martha's behaviors.
2. What major career change did Ava's mother Gladys make once she had practiced law for 20 years and why?
3. How did young Josephine come to be a member of the Revisioners?
4. How does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within Ava's worries about her mother Gladys's health?
5. How did Jericho come to stay with Josephine for an extended period of time?
6. What action of Josephine's causes Aristide to surrender to her way of thinking?
7. Name two benefits of Ava's decision to move with her son King into Grandma Martha's house.
8. What main difference in narration exists between the 1924 and 1855 eras of Josephine's life?
9. What is the significance of Gladys's visit to the home of Grandma Martha?
10. Josephine says she had been sure that her eldest daughter would remain by her side throughout their lives. What happens to prevent this outcome?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ultimate message is Sexton sending about the nature of aging?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Revisioners and analyze Sexton’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Read a lengthy interview with Sexton. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Sexton’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of The Revisioners.
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