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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. Avey recalls that Marion always looked at her parents as if _____________________.
(a) They were idiots.
(b) They had two heads.
(c) They were amazing.
(d) She were judging them.

2. What does Rosalie do for Avey after she bathes her?
(a) Splashes perfume on her.
(b) Brushes her hair.
(c) Irons her dress.
(d) Rubs her body with oil.

3. Who is Lebert's daughter?
(a) Roxanne.
(b) Rosalie.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Rihanna.

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

5. What type of ceremony does Avey recall filming in Ghana?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A christening.
(c) A ceremony to feed the gods.
(d) A rite of passage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What startles Avey awake?

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

3. Where does Avey collapse in exhaustion after thinking about her denial of her people for so many years?

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

5. What does Avey feel that her family sacrificed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the awakening Avey, who is subconsciously preparing to reclaim her life, experiences.

4. 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?

5. What is the significance of the preacher's sermon in Avey's dream for her life now?

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

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

8. What was occurring during all those years that Avey was living in denial about her true self?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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