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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is NOT an element of the best middle school in the city, which King attends for the first time early in the novel?
(a) A student-run literary magazine.
(b) A salad bar.
(c) Free STEM classes.
(d) A jazz band.

3. How many times per year does Ava generally visit her mother Gladys?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

4. When Ava has a vision of an object hanging from the oak tree in Grandma Martha's yard, what does she discover the object is when she forces herself to look again?
(a) A ladder.
(b) A bird feeder.
(c) Clumps of moss.
(d) A bird house.

5. The neighbors named Vern and Charlotte that Josephine gained a few months before the reader meets her are what type of people?
(a) Elderly.
(b) Religious.
(c) Poor.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Gladys claim speaks to her from the time she is admitted to the hospital?

2. Who comes to Major and Eliza's door in 1924 saying that he has been wronged?

3. On what side of town does Ava's somewhat estranged mother live?

4. In what style does Gladys wear her waist-length hair?

5. With what activity does Charlotte say she has been busy when she says that she will try to visit Josephine the following day?

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