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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ava thinks to herself that whenever she is "about to see [her] mother," her what "wobbles" (50)?
(a) Self-acceptance.
(b) Faith.
(c) Heartbeat.
(d) Courage.

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

3. When Josephine first takes on the role of first-person narrator, in what year is the narrative set?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1875.

4. What is Gladys's immediate reaction to Ava's revelation about having moved in with Grandma Martha?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She stares at her.
(c) She leaves the room.
(d) She starts to cry.

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

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

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

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

9. When the novel begins, in what year is the first section of the text set?
(a) 1855.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2017.
(d) 1924.

10. Ava remembers Grandma Martha seeking her out at what time each year in order "to pay for tennis and math and science camps" (6)?
(a) Easters.
(b) The first days of spring.
(c) Christmases.
(d) Summers.

11. Who invites Josephine to Jericho's school function in 1924?
(a) Major.
(b) Aristide.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Eliza.

12. What color are Charlotte's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Brown.

13. 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) Poor.
(c) Religious.
(d) White.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does The Revisioners take place?

2. What is the name of Senait's son?

3. Josephine tells Jericho that the night before Eliza's arrival, she dreamed of a woman wearing what color waving from a tunnel?

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

5. The narrator reveals that Josephine began her life as a what?

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