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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What medicine does Lebert think Avey desperately needs?
(a) Beg Pardon and Juba.
(b) Mea Culpa and Big Drum.
(c) Beg Pardon and Big Drum.
(d) Mea Culpa and Juba.

3. With which daughter does Avey recall spending Christmas one year?
(a) Annawilda.
(b) She never spent Christmas away from home.
(c) Marion.
(d) Sis.

4. What will now become a sacred place for Avey and her family?
(a) Tatem.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Carriacou.
(d) Grenada.

5. What is the topic of the sermon that Avey recalls?
(a) Jesus' empty tomb.
(b) Noah building the ark.
(c) Moses and the Ten Commandments.
(d) The prodigal son.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Lebert try to get Avey to remember?
(a) Her childhood friends.
(b) Some tribal identity.
(c) A drink recipe.
(d) A secret password.

11. What does the old women do when Avey begins to vomit?
(a) Chastise her.
(b) Call for a medic.
(c) Comfort her.
(d) Move away from her.

12. How does Lebert prepare the circle for the dancers?
(a) He lights the torches.
(b) He pours rum on it.
(c) He washes it with water.
(d) He clears any stones.

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

14. Where does Avey go after she gets dressed?
(a) The hotel restaurant.
(b) The hotel gift shop.
(c) The museum.
(d) The beach.

15. What is the part of the island excursion where people ask forgiveness from the Old Parents?
(a) Beg Pardon.
(b) Perpetual Pleading.
(c) Please the Heavens.
(d) Mea Culpa.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is another name for the Old Parents?

4. What does Avey recall envisioning binding the group members of her girlhood trips?

5. What does Avey feel that her family sacrificed?

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