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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the character named Byron?
(a) King's uncle.
(b) King's father.
(c) Ava's father.
(d) King's grandfather.

2. Josephine reminds Jericho that the first time they had met Eliza, she had been wearing what kind of flower in her hair?
(a) A daffodil.
(b) A violet.
(c) A peony.
(d) A poppy.

3. The narrator reveals that Josephine began her life as a what?
(a) A serf.
(b) A thief.
(c) A slave.
(d) A sharecropper.

4. Which book of the Bible can Jericho "read by himself," (77) impressing his father Major?
(a) Job.
(b) Luke.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Genesis.

5. Charlotte asks Josephine whether she is a conjurer in order to get help with what medical problem?
(a) Upset stomach.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Infertility.
(d) Warts.

6. In what style does Gladys wear her waist-length hair?
(a) Bun.
(b) Dreadlocks.
(c) Beehive.
(d) Cornrows.

7. How many pages long is the first section of text marked "Josephine 1855" (46)?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

8. Who is Josephine, in relation to Ava?
(a) She is Ava's great-grandmother.
(b) She is Ava's mother's great-grandmother.
(c) She is Ava's great-great-great-grandmother.
(d) She is Ava's mother's great-great-grandmother.

9. How many pounds does the hog weigh that Josephine plans to serve at the wedding?
(a) 300.
(b) 700.
(c) 500.
(d) 100.

10. What is NOT an errand that Ava runs on the day she visits her mother in the section that begins on page 49?
(a) Paying her storage fees.
(b) Getting her car washed.
(c) Alerting the power company.
(d) Retrieving a photograph from her former apartment.

11. Who is Jericho?
(a) Josephine's great-nephew.
(b) Josephine's son.
(c) Josephine's grandson.
(d) Josephine's nephew.

12. The group called the Revisioners was made up of how many members?
(a) 9.
(b) 18.
(c) 5.
(d) 36.

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

14. What food item does Charlotte bring to Josephine upon her first visit?
(a) Pineapple.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Jam.

15. How many times per year does Ava generally visit her mother Gladys?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Gladys discuss that makes Ava feel anxious?

2. Josephine tells Jericho that the night before Eliza's arrival, she dreamed of a woman wearing what color waving from a tunnel?

3. In what city does The Revisioners take place?

4. The neighbors named Vern and Charlotte that Josephine gained a few months before the reader meets her are what type of people?

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

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