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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 115-174.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Eliza's mother Cyrile do for work?
(a) She is a lawyer.
(b) She is a nurse.
(c) She is a washerwoman.
(d) She is a teacher.

3. In what room of Gladys's house does Ava wait for her mother to finish with her clients?
(a) The living room.
(b) Gladys's bedroom.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The patio.

4. What is the name of the man who owns the Wildwood plantation?
(a) Dick.
(b) Steve.
(c) Harry.
(d) Tom.

5. Link tells Josephine that white people are incapable of being friends with black people, since "they think friend mean" (143) what?
(a) Patsy.
(b) Enemy.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mule.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who tried to find Josephine's mother after the Civil War, but to no avail?

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. What is the name of the sharecropper for whom Josephine and her husband work after the Civil War?

4. What topic does Gladys discuss that makes Ava feel anxious?

5. What color are Charlotte's eyes?

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