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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 Gladys comes to visit Ava and King for the first time at Grandma Martha's, what object does Ava put in the living room?
(a) An ashtray.
(b) A dish of wheat germ.
(c) A dish of candy.
(d) A photograph.

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

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

4. In what city does The Revisioners take place?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Macon.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Austin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the reader first hears Josephine's voice, she is preparing for the wedding of which character?

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

3. What is the last name of the man named Aristide who owns the farm next door to Josephine's farm?

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

5. How many times per year does Ava generally visit her mother Gladys?

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