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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 old is Avey in her dream?
(a) A middle-aged woman.
(b) A girl.
(c) A very old woman.
(d) A young mother.

2. In what type of building does Avey take shelter?
(a) An ice cream parlor.
(b) An old rum shop.
(c) A sandwich shop.
(d) A shave ice shop.

3. What does Rosalie wish Lebert would do?
(a) Write his story for his grandchildren.
(b) Move to a smaller house.
(c) Bring more rum the next time.
(d) Give up the rum shop and let her take care of him.

4. Avey recalls that her grandson ___________ on Christmas Day.
(a) Died.
(b) Was sick.
(c) Cried.
(d) Ran away.

5. What does Avey reply when asked for her name?
(a) Avey, wife of Jay.
(b) Avatara, goddess of fire.
(c) Avatara.
(d) Avey, short for Avatara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday does Avey recall spending with one of her daughters?

2. Avey wonders if Jay had really died on the night of their big fight and ____________ had been masquerading in his body all those years since.

3. What does Avey dream of while below deck on the ship?

4. How do the women next to Avey know she is really sick?

5. What does Avey call her now empty mind?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Avey compare this boat trip, and the old women sitting beside her, to her childhood days in church?

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

4. In whose care had Avey been during the night of the boat trip to the island?

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

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

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

8. What does Lebert regard Avey as and how does he convince her to go to the island with him?

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

10. Describe Avey's behavior on the beach.

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