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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To which tribe do Rosalie and Lebert tell Avey that she must belong?
(a) Juba.
(b) Ameda.
(c) Arvada.
(d) Arada.

3. Avey recalls that her grandson ___________ on Christmas Day.
(a) Was sick.
(b) Cried.
(c) Died.
(d) Ran away.

4. Who is Lebert's daughter?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Roxanne.
(c) Rosalie.
(d) Rihanna.

5. Who are the first humans Avey sees today?
(a) Surfers.
(b) A small family.
(c) Cabana boys.
(d) Boys jumping from rocks.

6. Avey recalls that Marion always looked at her parents as if _____________________.
(a) She were judging them.
(b) They had two heads.
(c) They were idiots.
(d) They were amazing.

7. 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.

8. What does Avey dream of while below deck on the ship?
(a) Her daughter's birthday party.
(b) Her mother's funeral.
(c) Her wedding to Jay.
(d) The ships that brought the slaves to America.

9. What does Avey do after her body has finished its purge?
(a) Brushes her teeth.
(b) Falls into a deep sleep.
(c) Takes a shower.
(d) Takes a nap.

10. What color is the dress Avey wears for the evening?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

11. 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.

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

13. What brings Avey back to reality on the beach?
(a) She is hit by a beachball.
(b) The need for shade and water.
(c) She hears someone call her name.
(d) The tide is coming in.

14. For whom was Marion always been an advocate?
(a) Homeless people.
(b) Poor people.
(c) Black people.
(d) Prisoners.

15. What is the name of the ship that would take Avey, as a girl, on the trips to Bear Mountain with her family and friends?
(a) Robert Fulton.
(b) Old Mac.
(c) Hudson River Lines.
(d) Poughkeepsie Paddler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Avey feel that her family sacrificed?

2. What is the benefit of Avey's hotel balcony meltdown?

3. On the beach, Avey thinks and moves like ______________.

4. Which of the following does Avey do as the ship sets sail to Carriacou?

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

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