Praisesong for the Widow Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Praisesong for the Widow Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 as Chapter 5 begins?
(a) An airport.
(b) An island harbor.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A hotel.

2. What was the name of the place where Avey's ancestors had been delivered as slaves?
(a) The Sorrows.
(b) The Landing.
(c) Dock of Tears.
(d) Les Miserables.

3. To whom does Avey compare her relationship with Jay?
(a) Her parents.
(b) A disruptive couple downstairs.
(c) Some TV characters.
(d) His parents.

4. How many jobs did Jay work?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

5. Of what does Avey suspect her husband?
(a) Being unfaithful to her.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Doing drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. A man tells Avey that from the back she looks like a woman named _________.

2. What was Avey's personality as a girl?

3. What is Avey secretly remembering with fondness in Chapter 4?

4. Who is Avey's oldest daughter?

5. On what street did Avey live with her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Avey realize about Jay on the night of the big fight?

2. What does the taxi driver tell Avey about the close ties among the community of people on the island?

3. What happened when Avey finally let loose with her suspicions of Jay?

4. How does Avey try to sort out the mess she seems to be in at the harbor?

5. What complications emerge in Avey's dream when she, as an adult, resists Great Aunt Cuney's insistence to follow her?

6. What are some of Avey's memories of her life in the Halsey Street apartment?

7. What legend did Great Aunt Cuney tell Avey about the African Ibos?

8. What does Avey learn from the taxi driver about what all the commotion is about with the people at the harbor?

9. Who is Thomasina and how does she react to Avey's wanting to leave the cruise?

10. What are Avey's plans and how does she make her exit from the cruise?

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