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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Avey call her now empty mind?
(a) A tabula rasa.
(b) A script waiting to be written.
(c) A fresh piece of paper.
(d) A safe waiting for her future.

7. 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) Poughkeepsie Paddler.
(b) Old Mac.
(c) Robert Fulton.
(d) Hudson River Lines.

8. As what does Lebert regard Avey?
(a) A troubled spirit.
(b) A long lost child.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) A spiritual blessing.

9. Who do the old women on the boat remind Avey of?
(a) Great Aunt Cuney and her sister.
(b) The old women in the congregation when she was a girl.
(c) Her mother and aunts.
(d) Sis and Marion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of boat is the Emmanuel C?

2. Where does Avey go after she gets dressed?

3. Where does Avey collapse in exhaustion after thinking about her denial of her people for so many years?

4. What is the cause of Avey's husband's death?

5. What does Avey recall about Jerome's face as he lay in his casket?

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