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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 Avey's deep-seated pain?
(a) She had an abortion when she was young.
(b) She never told her oldest daughter that she was adopted.
(c) She had neglected the people of her heritage.
(d) She was unfaithful to her husband.

2. Where does Avey collapse in exhaustion after thinking about her denial of her people for so many years?
(a) The lounge.
(b) The hotel room balcony.
(c) The hotel lobby.
(d) The hotel room bed.

3. What does Avey do after her body has finished its purge?
(a) Brushes her teeth.
(b) Takes a shower.
(c) Falls into a deep sleep.
(d) Takes a nap.

4. What is the location of Avey's dream prior to waking?
(a) A bus station.
(b) Great Aunt Cuney's house.
(c) Her childhood bedroom.
(d) The Halsey Street house.

5. What question does the preacher ask after he finishes the story of Christ rising from the dead?
(a) What stones the parishoners have pulled over their hearts.
(b) If anyone wants to testify.
(c) Who will see Christ at the end of his life?
(d) If anyone wants to be baptized today.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the dress Avey wears for the evening?

2. Which of the following will be celebrated at the island festivities?

3. 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.

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

5. What is the benefit of Avey's hotel balcony meltdown?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Avey meet Lebert Joseph?

2. Describe how Avey's massage becomes almost like a sacred ritual in renewing her in body and spirit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Avey's behavior on the beach.

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