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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 does Lebert tell Avey that the annual island excursion is all about?
(a) Family.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Relaxing.
(d) All of these.

2. What does Avey recall envisioning binding the group members of her girlhood trips?
(a) A red ribbon.
(b) A silky scarf.
(c) A silver thread.
(d) A rough rope.

3. What does Avey feel that her family sacrificed?
(a) Their reputations.
(b) The things that make life worth living.
(c) Their integrity.
(d) Their ancestry.

4. What is Avey feeling on the boat at Chapter 6 begins?
(a) Kind of queasy.
(b) Serene.
(c) Getting a migraine.
(d) Violently ill.

5. Where does Avey go after she gets dressed?
(a) The beach.
(b) The hotel restaurant.
(c) The museum.
(d) The hotel gift shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Avey do when she has a meltdown on the hotel room balcony?

2. What does Avey recall about Jerome's face as he lay in his casket?

3. What is the name of the boat that will take Avey to Carriacou?

4. What does each person say to his ancestors during the Beg Pardon?

5. What is the content of Avey's dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about the women on the boat by the way they care for Avey?

2. What is Avey doing in Chapter 4 at the same time she was supposed to be flying back to America?

3. What is Lebert's interest in determining Avey's tribe?

4. Of what did Avey live in denial during the 1960s and 1970s regarding her heritage?

5. What does Avey reminisce about her father and family trips as she is waiting on the dock?

6. Who is Rosalie Parvay and how does Avey meet her?

7. Describe the awakening Avey, who is subconsciously preparing to reclaim her life, experiences.

8. What is the topic the preacher engages in with the congregation causing such a stir that little Avey wants to be sick?

9. What is Juba and what might it mean for Avey?

10. What does Avey mean when she says that her life is a tabula rasa?

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