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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 175-230.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the sharecropper for whom Josephine and her husband work after the Civil War?
(a) Mr. Melton.
(b) Mr. Dennis.
(c) Mr. Geoffrey.
(d) Mr. Rush.

3. When King is homesick, Ava suggests that they go back to the old neighborhood when?
(a) For his birthday.
(b) The following weekend.
(c) At Christmas.
(d) The following month.

4. Josephine celebrates the fact that she can only detect a "slight" bit of what "ever-present" (210) emotion within Major's words to Vern?
(a) Glee.
(b) Anger.
(c) Shame.
(d) Hatred.

5. What is the name of the woman who tried to find Josephine's mother after the Civil War, but to no avail?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Link.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ava go when she leaves Grandma Martha's book club meeting?

2. What is the name of Eliza's "hotheaded" (26) brother?

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

4. How many clients are at Gladys's home when Ava arrives for her visit?

5. What is NOT an errand that Ava runs on the day she visits her mother in the section that begins on page 49?

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