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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 does Avey say goodbye to Lebert and Rosalie?
(a) She cannot say goodbye.
(b) She kisses them.
(c) She embraces them.
(d) She waves to them.

2. About what does Avey reflect on in Chapter 5?
(a) The boy she had loved in school.
(b) The high price her family paid for affluence.
(c) Her grandchildren.
(d) Her husband's infidelity.

3. What does Avey think as she surveys her body?
(a) She is looking good for her age.
(b) She has to get back to the gym.
(c) She could stand to lose a few pounds.
(d) The moments of her life that marked it.

4. What does Avey call her now empty mind?
(a) A tabula rasa.
(b) A safe waiting for her future.
(c) A fresh piece of paper.
(d) A script waiting to be written.

5. With which daughter does Avey recall spending Christmas one year?
(a) She never spent Christmas away from home.
(b) Annawilda.
(c) Sis.
(d) Marion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosalie do for Avey?

2. Which of the following does Lebert tell Avey to convince her to go to the island with him?

3. What question does the preacher ask after he finishes the story of Christ rising from the dead?

4. What is the part of the island excursion where people ask forgiveness from the Old Parents?

5. What type of ceremony does Avey recall filming in Ghana?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Avey's experience at the Beg Pardon.

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

4. What does Avey sense as she awakens in the hotel room after her night of being emotionally exhausted?

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. Describe Avey's behavior on the beach.

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

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

9. Describe how Avey has now integrated all the parts of her life into an authentic whole person.

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

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