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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. What is Avey's deep-seated pain?
(a) She had an abortion when she was young.
(b) She never told her oldest daughter that she was adopted.
(c) She was unfaithful to her husband.
(d) She had neglected the people of her heritage.

2. What does Avey feel that her family sacrificed?
(a) The things that make life worth living.
(b) Their reputations.
(c) Their integrity.
(d) Their ancestry.

3. To which tribe do Rosalie and Lebert tell Avey that she must belong?
(a) Juba.
(b) Arada.
(c) Ameda.
(d) Arvada.

4. How old is Avey in her dream?
(a) A very old woman.
(b) A middle-aged woman.
(c) A young mother.
(d) A girl.

5. What type of creature does Avey find dead in the surf?
(a) A seagull.
(b) A shark.
(c) A dolphin.
(d) A colorful fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of boat is the Emmanuel C?

2. While Avey is on the boat, where does she dream that she is?

3. What is Avey doing at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. In what type of building does Avey take shelter?

5. Which of the following does Avey do when she has a meltdown on the hotel room balcony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was occurring during all those years that Avey was living in denial about her true self?

2. Describe Avey's behavior on the beach.

3. In whose care had Avey been during the night of the boat trip to the island?

4. How does Avey know she has come back to herself?

5. What does Avey feel her family exchanged for its affluence?

6. How does Avey meet Lebert Joseph?

7. Describe how Avey's massage becomes almost like a sacred ritual in renewing her in body and spirit.

8. What is Juba and what might it mean for Avey?

9. What is the significance of the preacher's sermon in Avey's dream for her life now?

10. What does Lebert regard Avey as and how does he convince her to go to the island with him?

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