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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. How does Avey feel when she enters her hotel room?
(a) She is very calm.
(b) She is exhilirated.
(c) She gets pain in her stomach.
(d) She is very tired.

2. What was Avey's husband's name?
(a) Jay.
(b) Jack.
(c) James.
(d) John.

3. Which of the following are Avey's plans?
(a) All of these.
(b) Get a hotel.
(c) Leave the ship.
(d) Fly home.

4. Who tried to quiet Avey and Jay's fighting?
(a) Annawilda.
(b) The landlord.
(c) Sis.
(d) The neighbor lady.

5. Whose transformation began in Chapter 3?
(a) Jay's.
(b) Avey's.
(c) Great Aunt Cuney.
(d) Sis'.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Avey as Chapter 5 begins?

2. Why did Avey try to have a miscarriage when she was pregnant with Marion?

3. What position is Jay able to secure after he attains his college degree?

4. What was Thomasina's former profession?

5. What was the name of the museum Avey saw?

Short Essay Questions

1. How challenging is it for Avey to find a quiet place on the ship where she can sort out her thoughts?

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

3. What strikes Avey as odd as she watches the people at the harbor?

4. What were Avey's daughters' opinions of Avey going on the Caribbean cruise?

5. Whose transformation begins in Chapter 3 after Avey and Jay's big fight?

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

7. What was Jay's response to Avey's hysterics?

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

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

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

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