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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the boat that will take Avey to Carriacou?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Partin' the Waters.
(c) Emmanuel C.
(d) Angel's Wings.

2. Where does Avery recall going as a girl on family trips?
(a) Florida.
(b) Kennebunkport.
(c) The Jersey shore.
(d) Bear Mountain.

3. Who is the owner of the old rum shop?
(a) Joseph Lifert.
(b) Lebert Joseph.
(c) Jacob Louis.
(d) James Lieberman.

4. About what does Avey reflect on in Chapter 5?
(a) The high price her family paid for affluence.
(b) Her grandchildren.
(c) Her husband's infidelity.
(d) The boy she had loved in school.

5. What does Avey think as she surveys her body?
(a) She is looking good for her age.
(b) She could stand to lose a few pounds.
(c) The moments of her life that marked it.
(d) She has to get back to the gym.

6. While Avey is on the boat, where does she dream that she is?
(a) In Sis' home.
(b) In the Halsey Street apartment.
(c) In church.
(d) In her White Plains home.

7. Which of the following does Avey do when she has a meltdown on the hotel room balcony?
(a) Cries.
(b) All of these.
(c) Pounds the air with her fist.
(d) Screams.

8. How do the people position themselves in preparation for the Beg Pardon?
(a) They lie on the ground wherever they want.
(b) They lie with their faces to the ground.
(c) They sit in a single row.
(d) They are on their knees and forming a circle.

9. In the sermon, the preacher reminds the congregation that Jesus said he would rise from the dead ___________ after his death.
(a) Two days.
(b) Three days.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

10. With what is the house for the Beg Pardon christened?
(a) Holy water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Rum.
(d) Sea water.

11. What is the name of a dance that Avey remembers?
(a) Hottentrot.
(b) Hokey Pokey.
(c) Quick Step.
(d) Juba.

12. What does Avey think is the cause of her husband's death?
(a) High cholesterol.
(b) Overwork.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Carelessness.

13. What does Lebert tell Avey that the annual island excursion is all about?
(a) Relaxing.
(b) Family.
(c) Dancing.
(d) All of these.

14. What does Avey recall about Jerome's face as he lay in his casket?
(a) She could not look at him in his casket.
(b) She wished he had kept the mustache.
(c) She didn't recognize him.
(d) She thought he was still handsome.

15. What does Rosalie do for Avey after she bathes her?
(a) Brushes her hair.
(b) Irons her dress.
(c) Splashes perfume on her.
(d) Rubs her body with oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Avey wonders if Jay had really died on the night of their big fight and ____________ had been masquerading in his body all those years since.

2. What does each person say to his ancestors during the Beg Pardon?

3. What does Rosalie wish Lebert would do?

4. What does the little girl, Avey, feel as the congregation increases its intensity in responding to the preacher's questions?

5. What does Avey do after her body has finished its purge?

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