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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 novel begins, in what year is the first section of the text set?
(a) 2017.
(b) 1924.
(c) 2006.
(d) 1855.

2. Josephine reminds Jericho that the first time they had met Eliza, she had been wearing what kind of flower in her hair?
(a) A violet.
(b) A poppy.
(c) A peony.
(d) A daffodil.

3. How many times per year does Ava generally visit her mother Gladys?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. On what side of town does Ava's somewhat estranged mother live?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

5. How long ago was Gladys diagnosed with cancer, according to Ava?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Senait, in relation to Ava?

2. Where does Ava find the photograph of Josephine after Gladys goes home?

3. What is NOT an element of the best middle school in the city, which King attends for the first time early in the novel?

4. What is Gladys's immediate reaction to Ava's revelation about having moved in with Grandma Martha?

5. 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?

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