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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 is the cause of Avey's husband's death?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Stroke.

2. To whom does Avey offer up her Beg Pardon?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Great Aunt Cuney.
(c) Jay.
(d) Her father.

3. Who are the first humans Avey sees today?
(a) Cabana boys.
(b) Surfers.
(c) Boys jumping from rocks.
(d) A small family.

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

5. Who is the owner of the old rum shop?
(a) Jacob Louis.
(b) Joseph Lifert.
(c) Lebert Joseph.
(d) James Lieberman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Avey call her now empty mind?

2. How does Avey say goodbye to Lebert and Rosalie?

3. What does Lebert tell Avey that the annual island excursion is all about?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Avey's behavior on the beach.

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

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

4. What did the preacher say was the purpose of the sermon about the risen Christ?

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

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

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

8. Avey now longs for her husband "Jay" who "died" when Jerome came to the forefront and made them an affluent family. To what holiday situation does Avey compare this longing?

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

10. How does Lebert Joseph become Avey's guide, in a sense, to her reclaiming her life?

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