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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an element of the best middle school in the city, which King attends for the first time early in the novel?
(a) A student-run literary magazine.
(b) A jazz band.
(c) Free STEM classes.
(d) A salad bar.

2. How many clients are at Gladys's home when Ava arrives for her visit?
(a) 13.
(b) 3.
(c) 21.
(d) 7.

3. In what way is King related to Ava?
(a) King is her nephew.
(b) King is her fiance.
(c) King is her son.
(d) King is her brother.

4. Who is the character named Byron?
(a) King's uncle.
(b) King's grandfather.
(c) King's father.
(d) Ava's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Josephine, in relation to Ava?

2. 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?

3. Who is Jericho?

4. In what room of Gladys's house does Ava wait for her mother to finish with her clients?

5. Ava reveals that she is how many years old?

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