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

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

2. During Jupiter's first visit to Winnie's cabin, he expresses an interest in taking what action?
(a) Killing the Missus.
(b) Kidnapping Sally.
(c) Helping her learn to read.
(d) Joining the Revisioners.

3. On what part of Charlotte's body does Josephine first notice an injury inflicted by Vern?
(a) Her eye.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Her ankle.
(d) Her nose.

4. How old is King?
(a) 17.
(b) 32.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Josephine take when she discovers that Charlotte is being abused by Vern?

2. When the novel begins, in what year is the first section of the text set?

3. Josephine states that in contrast to Missus, her mother Winnie handles her feelings "like" what "on a low fire" (115)?

4. The neighbors named Vern and Charlotte that Josephine gained a few months before the reader meets her are what type of people?

5. Which character does Ava credit with snapping her out of her depression after the breakup of her marriage to Byron?

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