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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 reader first hears Josephine's voice, she is preparing for the wedding of which character?
(a) Her nephew.
(b) Her only daughter.
(c) Her only son.
(d) Her second son.

2. What food item does Charlotte bring to Josephine upon her first visit?
(a) Pineapple.
(b) Biscuits.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Jam.

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

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?
(a) Curly red hair.
(b) Coal-black eyes.
(c) Burnt orange skin.
(d) Piercing green eyes.

5. When the narrative opens, what major change are Ava and King in the midst of making?
(a) They are starting a business together.
(b) They are planning to get married.
(c) They are planning to open a school.
(d) They are moving.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How far down the road from Josephine's farm does Link live?

5. Since Ava's arrival at Grandma Martha's, she has suffered from nightmares about what subject?

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