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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. While Avey is on the boat, where does she dream that she is?
2. What startles Avey awake?
3. Where does Avery recall going as a girl on family trips?
4. What is the part of the island excursion where people ask forgiveness from the Old Parents?
5. About what does Avey reflect on in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was occurring during all those years that Avey was living in denial about her true self?
2. How does Avey compare this boat trip, and the old women sitting beside her, to her childhood days in church?
3. Describe Avey's experience at the Beg Pardon.
4. What is Juba and what might it mean for Avey?
5. In what ways is Avey's meltdown at the hotel a clearing of the path for her spiritually?
6. How does the present day Avey mirror what the little girl Avey was experiencing in the dream?
7. Describe the awakening Avey, who is subconsciously preparing to reclaim her life, experiences.
8. Describe how Avey has now integrated all the parts of her life into an authentic whole person.
9. What happens to Avey when she finally lets her true nature come to the forefront as she stands on the hotel room balcony?
10. What is the sermon that Avey recalls hearing as a little girl?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Praisesong for the Widow is a classic story of renewal and rebirth. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Praisesong for the Widow is set in the 1970s during the time of the aftermath of the Civil Rights movement in America. What impact does this factor have on the author? What impact does this factor have on any of the other characters? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Explain Marshall's use of regionalism in the novel. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where she did.
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