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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Josephine, in relation to Ava?
(a) She is Ava's great-grandmother.
(b) She is Ava's mother's great-grandmother.
(c) She is Ava's great-great-great-grandmother.
(d) She is Ava's mother's great-great-grandmother.

2. How many pounds does the hog weigh that Josephine plans to serve at the wedding?
(a) 700.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 500.

3. Josephine says in 1924 that she has ensured that which character "attends school year-round" (77)?
(a) Link.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Major.
(d) Jericho.

4. Charlotte asks Josephine whether she is a conjurer in order to get help with what medical problem?
(a) Infertility.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Warts.
(d) Upset stomach.

5. Where does Ava find the photograph of Josephine after Gladys goes home?
(a) On her bed.
(b) In the laundry hamper.
(c) In the sink.
(d) On the kitchen counter.

6. Who taught Ava "how to visualize a white light encasing" her and "protecting [her] from harm" (51)?
(a) Gladys.
(b) King.
(c) Byron.
(d) Grandma Martha.

7. When Gladys comes to visit Ava and King for the first time at Grandma Martha's, what object does Ava put in the living room?
(a) A dish of wheat germ.
(b) An ashtray.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A dish of candy.

8. How old is Ava's mother Gladys?
(a) 58.
(b) 72.
(c) 52.
(d) 65.

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

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

11. For how many years did Gladys have a thriving law practice before she changed careers?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

12. When the narrative opens, what major change are Ava and King in the midst of making?
(a) They are moving.
(b) They are starting a business together.
(c) They are planning to get married.
(d) They are planning to open a school.

13. Ava has never lived more than a how-many-minute drive from her mother Gladys's house?
(a) 5.
(b) 40.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

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

15. On what side of town does Ava's somewhat estranged mother live?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does The Revisioners take place?

2. What is the name of the woman who tried to find Josephine's mother after the Civil War, but to no avail?

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

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

5. Who is Senait, in relation to Ava?

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