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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one of the Oldest Ones who approaches Avey after the dance?
(a) Bonnita Samuels.
(b) Bernice Edwards.
(c) Bercita Edwards.
(d) Bergitta Edwards.

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

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

4. What drink does Lebert serve Avey?
(a) Coconut water and rum.
(b) White wine.
(c) Iced tea.
(d) Gin and tonic.

5. Why did Avey's grandson cry on Christmas?
(a) He got hit in they eye while bouncing a new basketball.
(b) He didn't get the gift he most wanted.
(c) He didn't want the day to be over.
(d) He broke his truck.

6. What does Rosalie do for Avey?
(a) Drives her into town.
(b) Gives her a sponge bath.
(c) Loans her some clothes.
(d) Makes her some tea.

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

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

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

10. What startles Avey awake?
(a) An alarm call.
(b) A wake-up call.
(c) Loud neighbors.
(d) She steps into the sunlight in the room.

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

12. 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.

13. 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.
(a) The devil.
(b) Jay.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Jay's best friend.

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

15. 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 didn't recognize him.
(c) She thought he was still handsome.
(d) She wished he had kept the mustache.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between whom is Avey seated on the boat?

2. What is the name of the boat that will take Avey to Carriacou?

3. What did Avey do during the discrimination of black people in the 1960s and 1970s?

4. About what does Avey reflect on in Chapter 5?

5. What does Avey dream of while below deck on the ship?

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