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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3-48.

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 only son.
(d) Her nephew.

2. When King is homesick, Ava suggests that they go back to the old neighborhood when?
(a) For his birthday.
(b) The following weekend.
(c) The following month.
(d) At Christmas.

3. The epigraph of the novel The Revisioners consists of a line by which famous poet?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) Gwendolyn Brooks.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Langston Hughes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of object is "the only thing of Josephine's that [Ava and King] own" (19)?

2. How many pages long is the first section of text marked "Josephine 1855" (46)?

3. Who is Jericho?

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?

5. What is the name of the woman who will soon marry Josephine's family member?

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