2. What piece of diamond jewelry does Grandma Martha give to Ava at the end of the text's first section?
(a) A pair of earrings.
(b) An anklet.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A necklace.

3. 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 daffodil.
(c) A peony.
(d) A poppy.

4. Josephine recalls ensuring that her son Major finished which grade in school?
(a) 4th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 10th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrator reveals that Josephine began her life as a what?

3. It is revealed that Jericho's mother left him with Josephine when he was how many months old, though he is now 12 years old?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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