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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Grandma Martha when the narrative begins?
(a) 72.
(b) 82.
(c) 68.
(d) 78.

2. What is the last name of the man named Aristide who owns the farm next door to Josephine's farm?
(a) Brown.
(b) Cummings.
(c) Smith.
(d) Taylor.

3. 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.

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

5. Since Ava's arrival at Grandma Martha's, she has suffered from nightmares about what subject?
(a) Stabbing someone.
(b) Falling.
(c) Being chased.
(d) Dying.

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

7. In what way is King related to Ava?
(a) King is her son.
(b) King is her brother.
(c) King is her nephew.
(d) King is her fiance.

8. It is revealed that Jericho's mother left him with Josephine when he was how many months old, though he is now 12 years old?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

9. In what room does Ava find Grandma Martha crouched on the floor, rubbing her neck?
(a) The laundry room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The library.
(d) The bathroom.

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

11. In what city does The Revisioners take place?
(a) Austin.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Macon.
(d) Memphis.

12. During the wedding, Josephine has to look away when she gets choked up thinking about three qualities Major shares with his late father. What is NOT one of these qualities?
(a) Burnt orange skin.
(b) Coal-black eyes.
(c) Curly red hair.
(d) Piercing green eyes.

13. What piece of diamond jewelry does Grandma Martha give to Ava at the end of the text's first section?
(a) A pair of earrings.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) An anklet.

14. In what room of Gladys's house does Ava wait for her mother to finish with her clients?
(a) The patio.
(b) Gladys's bedroom.
(c) The living room.
(d) The bathroom.

15. What is the name of Eliza's "hotheaded" (26) brother?
(a) Edward.
(b) Louis.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many months did it take Ava's savings to run out once she threw her husband Byron out of the house for cheating on her?

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

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

5. What topic does Gladys discuss that makes Ava feel anxious?

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