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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 231-276.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gladys tells Ava that when she was a child, she always asked Gladys what question?
(a) Why Grandma Martha had such light skin.
(b) Why Gladys wanted to marry a white man.
(c) Why she was not invited to the functions held by her father's side of the family.
(d) Why Gladys cut her own education short.

2. The narrator reveals that Josephine began her life as a what?
(a) A serf.
(b) A sharecropper.
(c) A thief.
(d) A slave.

3. Which character does Jericho mention during the game of whist that causes Josephine to pace the floor all night?
(a) Tom.
(b) Missus.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Sally.

4. Which character comes to Josephine's door crying after she has had a long spell with no visitors?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Vern.
(c) Jericho.
(d) Major.

5. Charlotte tells Josephine the day of Vern's visit to Major that she hopes Vern did not inspire what feeling in Josephine?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Anger.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of person does young Josephine begin to see after she comes back to life in her childhood?

3. In what location does Hazel give birth to her child?

4. Ava remembers Grandma Martha seeking her out at what time each year in order "to pay for tennis and math and science camps" (6)?

5. Since Ava's arrival at Grandma Martha's, she has suffered from nightmares about what subject?

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