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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Song (8), XI, and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “We know of those taken from the place called Africa.”
(b) “We are the earth, the land.”
(c) “Back when her name had been ‘Beauty,’ Aggie’s grandmother had told her men were stronger than women.”
(d) “Twenty years had passed, and a new century had begun.”

2. With whom of the following did Baybay and Boukie both have sex?
(a) Roz.
(b) Ailey.
(c) Melody.
(d) Rhonda.

3. To whom of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Zora Neale Hurston.
(b) Sidonie Colette Jeffers.
(c) Octavia Butler.
(d) N.K. Jemisin.

4. Which of the following describes the voice of Lydia’s uncle, Huck?
(a) Counter-tenor.
(b) Baritone.
(c) Tenor.
(d) Bass.

5. For how many weeks does Midas court Aggie before asking her to marry him?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following colleges does Lydia claim to transfer?

2. To which of the following does Geoffrey compare his mother?

3. To which of the following societies was Jeffers elected a member?

4. Which of the following poet’s works does Pat recite to Ailey?

5. Which of the following is cultivated on Ezekiel’s plantation?

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