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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. What startles Avey awake?
2. What is the name of a dance that Avey remembers?
3. How does Lebert prepare the circle for the dancers?
4. In the sermon, the preacher reminds the congregation that Jesus said he would rise from the dead ___________ after his death.
5. On the beach, Avey thinks and moves like ______________.
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Avey compare this boat trip, and the old women sitting beside her, to her childhood days in church?
2. Describe how Avey has now integrated all the parts of her life into an authentic whole person.
3. What does Avey reminisce about her father and family trips as she is waiting on the dock?
4. In whose care had Avey been during the night of the boat trip to the island?
5. 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?
6. What does Avey sense as she awakens in the hotel room after her night of being emotionally exhausted?
7. What was occurring during all those years that Avey was living in denial about her true self?
8. How does Lebert Joseph become Avey's guide, in a sense, to her reclaiming her life?
9. What did the preacher say was the purpose of the sermon about the risen Christ?
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
Describe the girls and women in Avey's life. What role do they serve in her development? What lasting impact has Great Aunt Cuney served? How does Avey manage through the ups and downs with each of the girls and women in her life? What do they all have in common? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for Avey's life. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.
Essay Topic 3
The author uses some important instances of foreshadowing in the story. Explain what foreshadowing is and cite at least two examples, making sure to explain what makes each an example of foreshadowing.
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