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

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

3. What does the taxi driver help Avey to do in Chapter 6?
(a) Buy passage to Africa.
(b) Find a hotel.
(c) Find a souvenir shop.
(d) Arrange her flight.

4. Avey had a dream about her ______________.
(a) Husband.
(b) Great Aunt Cuney.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Daughters.

5. What did Jay read to the girls on Sunday mornings?
(a) Black poetry.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Sunday paper.
(d) Storybooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what do Jay and Avey become obsessed in their lives now?

2. When did Avey last have a dream about her Great Aunt Cuney?

3. What did Jay do to try to prove to Avey that he was working two jobs and not being unfaithful?

4. Who is Avey's oldest daughter?

5. What was Avey's husband's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Avey recall the changes that turned Jay into Jerome?

7. How does the author use a flashback to show the beginnings of Avey's discomfort on the cruise ship?

8. What is the premise of this novel?

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

10. Who is the main character of the story and what is she doing as the novel opens?

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