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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 49-114.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the reader first hears Josephine's voice, she is preparing for the wedding of which character?
(a) Her only daughter.
(b) Her second son.
(c) Her nephew.
(d) Her only son.

2. Ava thinks to herself that whenever she is "about to see [her] mother," her what "wobbles" (50)?
(a) Faith.
(b) Courage.
(c) Heartbeat.
(d) Self-acceptance.

3. What is Gladys's immediate reaction to Ava's revelation about having moved in with Grandma Martha?
(a) She stares at her.
(b) She leaves the room.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She starts to cry.

4. During the wedding, Josephine has to look away when she gets choked up thinking about three qualities Major shares with his late father. What is NOT one of these qualities?
(a) Coal-black eyes.
(b) Piercing green eyes.
(c) Burnt orange skin.
(d) Curly red hair.

5. Charlotte asks Josephine whether she is a conjurer in order to get help with what medical problem?
(a) Upset stomach.
(b) Infertility.
(c) Warts.
(d) Anemia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Josephine first takes on the role of first-person narrator, in what year is the narrative set?

2. When King is homesick, Ava suggests that they go back to the old neighborhood when?

3. How old is King?

4. The neighbors named Vern and Charlotte that Josephine gained a few months before the reader meets her are what type of people?

5. In what style does Gladys wear her waist-length hair?

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