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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Avey do during the discrimination of black people in the 1960s and 1970s?
(a) Lived in denial.
(b) Wrote letters to the President.
(c) Paid for civil rights attorneys.
(d) Marched for civil rights.

2. What does Rosalie wish Lebert would do?
(a) Move to a smaller house.
(b) Give up the rum shop and let her take care of him.
(c) Write his story for his grandchildren.
(d) Bring more rum the next time.

3. What holiday does Avey recall spending with one of her daughters?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Fourth of July.
(c) Easter.
(d) Thanksgiving.

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

5. How do the women next to Avey know she is really sick?
(a) She has a bad nosebleed.
(b) She faints.
(c) She vomits off the side of the boat.
(d) She foams at the mouth.

6. What type of dances follow the Beg Pardon?
(a) Gyspy.
(b) Rhumba.
(c) Creole.
(d) Calypso.

7. What does the little girl, Avey, feel as the congregation increases its intensity in responding to the preacher's questions?
(a) She wants to scream.
(b) She wants to run away.
(c) She wants to vomit.
(d) She wants to cry.

8. What is the benefit of Avey's hotel balcony meltdown?
(a) She is finally free of her mother.
(b) She can now forgive her husband.
(c) She now has a focus for her anger.
(d) She can now ask her daughters for forgiveness.

9. What question does the preacher ask after he finishes the story of Christ rising from the dead?
(a) If anyone wants to testify.
(b) Who will see Christ at the end of his life?
(c) If anyone wants to be baptized today.
(d) What stones the parishoners have pulled over their hearts.

10. What had the preacher hoped to remind the congregation of by telling the story of the risen Christ?
(a) God's incredible power when He has something to accomplish.
(b) The power of a great history story.
(c) They are so indebted to Jesus for his suffering.
(d) The promise of eternal life.

11. In what type of building does Avey take shelter?
(a) An ice cream parlor.
(b) An old rum shop.
(c) A shave ice shop.
(d) A sandwich shop.

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

13. What does Avey recall envisioning binding the group members of her girlhood trips?
(a) A silky scarf.
(b) A red ribbon.
(c) A silver thread.
(d) A rough rope.

14. What do the old women do as they help Avey move below deck?
(a) Hold her up as best they can.
(b) Cover her with their shawls.
(c) Call for help.
(d) Put a blanket over her head.

15. Where does Avey collapse in exhaustion after thinking about her denial of her people for so many years?
(a) The hotel room bed.
(b) The lounge.
(c) The hotel lobby.
(d) The hotel room balcony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the part of the island excursion where people ask forgiveness from the Old Parents?

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

3. What does Avey think as she surveys her body?

4. What is Avey feeling on the boat at Chapter 6 begins?

5. In the sermon, the preacher reminds the congregation that Jesus said he would rise from the dead ___________ after his death.

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