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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. What are Avey's thoughts when she catches a glimpse of herself in a mirror in the Versailles Room?
(a) She is pleased she lost some weight.
(b) She looks great in red.
(c) She needs to lose some weight.
(d) She doesn't recognize herself.

2. What is Thomasina's reaction when she sees Avey packed and waiting to leave?
(a) Indignation.
(b) Incredulity.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Happiness.

3. In what state is Tatem Island located?
(a) Florida.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

4. Who is Avey's oldest daughter?
(a) Suze.
(b) Sis.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Sally.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who were the African people who walked on water to escape bondage?

3. Whose transformation began in Chapter 3?

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

5. How was Avey dressed in the dream with Great Aunt Cuney?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the premise of this novel?

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

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

9. How did Jay and Avey's life begin to take a turn for the better?

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

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