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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 49-114.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the wedding, Josephine has to look away when she gets choked up thinking about three qualities Major shares with his late father. What is NOT one of these qualities?
(a) Burnt orange skin.
(b) Coal-black eyes.
(c) Curly red hair.
(d) Piercing green eyes.

3. What does Eliza's mother Cyrile do for work?
(a) She is a lawyer.
(b) She is a washerwoman.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a nurse.

4. Who is Grandma Martha, in relation to Ava?
(a) Ava's paternal grandmother.
(b) Ava's longtime mentor.
(c) Ava's great-aunt.
(d) Ava's maternal grandmother.

5. What is NOT an element of the best middle school in the city, which King attends for the first time early in the novel?
(a) A salad bar.
(b) A jazz band.
(c) Free STEM classes.
(d) A student-run literary magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is revealed that Jericho's mother left him with Josephine when he was how many months old, though he is now 12 years old?

2. Who invites Josephine to Jericho's school function in 1924?

3. What is the name of the woman who will soon marry Josephine's family member?

4. Ava thinks to herself that whenever she is "about to see [her] mother," her what "wobbles" (50)?

5. Who is Josephine, in relation to Ava?

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