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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ava reveals that she is how many years old?
(a) 28.
(b) 38.
(c) 32.
(d) 26.

2. From whom does Sally procure the dollar piece that she later gives to Josephine?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her aunt.

3. 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?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

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

5. What is NOT an errand that Ava runs on the day she visits her mother in the section that begins on page 49?
(a) Alerting the power company.
(b) Retrieving a photograph from her former apartment.
(c) Paying her storage fees.
(d) Getting her car washed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The slaves killed when the Travis plot was uncovered were planning to take what action the following week?

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

4. Who taught Ava "how to visualize a white light encasing" her and "protecting [her] from harm" (51)?

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

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