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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. While Avey is on the boat, where does she dream that she is?
(a) In Sis' home.
(b) In the Halsey Street apartment.
(c) In her White Plains home.
(d) In church.

2. Which of the following will be celebrated at the island festivities?
(a) Dances.
(b) Tribes.
(c) All of these.
(d) Music.

3. What is the name of the ship that would take Avey, as a girl, on the trips to Bear Mountain with her family and friends?
(a) Hudson River Lines.
(b) Old Mac.
(c) Poughkeepsie Paddler.
(d) Robert Fulton.

4. What does Avey recall about Jerome's face as he lay in his casket?
(a) She didn't recognize him.
(b) She could not look at him in his casket.
(c) She thought he was still handsome.
(d) She wished he had kept the mustache.

5. What do the old women do as they help Avey move below deck?
(a) Hold her up as best they can.
(b) Put a blanket over her head.
(c) Call for help.
(d) Cover her with their shawls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old women do when Avey begins to vomit?

2. What is the name of a dance that Avey remembers?

3. What is the location of Avey's dream prior to waking?

4. What is Avey feeling on the boat at Chapter 6 begins?

5. To whom does Avey offer up her Beg Pardon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Avey know she has come back to herself?

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

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

4. What happens to Avey when she finally lets her true nature come to the forefront as she stands on the hotel room balcony?

5. What does Avey feel her family exchanged for its affluence?

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

7. How does Avey meet Lebert Joseph?

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

9. What is the sermon that Avey recalls hearing as a little girl?

10. In what ways is Avey's meltdown at the hotel a clearing of the path for her spiritually?

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