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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Avey's current home?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Salinas.
(c) White Plains.
(d) Rhinebeck.
2. What was the name of the cruise ship Avey was on?
(a) Royal Caribbean.
(b) The Brittannia.
(c) Bianca Pride.
(d) La Paloma Blanca.
3. What did Jay read to the girls on Sunday mornings?
(a) Black poetry.
(b) The Sunday paper.
(c) Storybooks.
(d) The Bible.
4. Which of the following is a normal element of Avey and Jay's marriage?
(a) Discord.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Flirtation.
(d) Passion.
5. On what day of the week do Avey and Jay had their life-altering argument about his infidelity?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Avey Johnson doing as the novel opens?
2. What is Avey looking for as Chapter 5 begins?
3. Avey's daughter, Marion, wanted her mother to take a trip where ______________________.
4. What is the name of the island where all the native people are going?
5. What was the name of the dining room where Avey encounters the peach parfait?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author use a flashback to show the beginnings of Avey's discomfort on the cruise ship?
2. What complications emerge in Avey's dream when she, as an adult, resists Great Aunt Cuney's insistence to follow her?
3. What is the significance of the peach parfait for Avey?
4. What does Avey recall about the hard financial times they had during their early marriage?
5. How did Jay and Avey's life begin to take a turn for the better?
6. What does Avey learn from the taxi driver about what all the commotion is about with the people at the harbor?
7. What strikes Avey as odd as she watches the people at the harbor?
8. Who is the main character of the story and what is she doing as the novel opens?
9. Who is Thomasina and how does she react to Avey's wanting to leave the cruise?
10. What did Avey realize about Jay on the night of the big fight?
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