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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 231-276.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the emergency medical technicians take Grandma Martha away on a stretcher, she tells Ava that she will "never be" (237) what?
(a) A success.
(b) A good mother.
(c) A star.
(d) Nothing.

2. What is the name of Link's son, who went missing after being forced to work in a chain gang?
(a) Herman.
(b) Paul.
(c) Henry.
(d) Michael.

3. Ava tells her mother Gladys that Grandma Martha had accused her of stealing what item, prompting Ava to move out?
(a) A diamond necklace.
(b) A diamond bracelet.
(c) One diamond earring.
(d) A diamond ring.

4. What does Eliza's mother Cyrile do for work?
(a) She is a washerwoman.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a lawyer.
(d) She is a nurse.

5. When Josephine first takes on the role of first-person narrator, in what year is the narrative set?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1924.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose instruction does Ava meet with Gladys's clients the day after Gladys is admitted to the hospital?

2. How many months older than Sally was Josephine?

3. Gladys tells Ava not to take what action in relation to Grandma Martha's situation?

4. To whom does Ava nearly place a call after she leaves the book club meeting?

5. What action does Ava decide to take in support of Hazel's comfort without waiting for her mother Gladys's agreement?

(see the answer key)

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