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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Free STEM classes.
(b) A jazz band.
(c) A salad bar.
(d) A student-run literary magazine.

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?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 9
(d) 6.

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

4. How many pages long is the first section of text marked "Josephine 1855" (46)?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. What is the name of the sharecropper for whom Josephine and her husband work after the Civil War?
(a) Mr. Rush.
(b) Mr. Melton.
(c) Mr. Dennis.
(d) Mr. Geoffrey.

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

7. Who is Grandma Martha, in relation to Ava?
(a) Ava's great-aunt.
(b) Ava's paternal grandmother.
(c) Ava's longtime mentor.
(d) Ava's maternal grandmother.

8. How far down the road from Josephine's farm does Link live?
(a) One-quarter of a mile.
(b) Three-quarters of a mile.
(c) One-half of a mile.
(d) Two miles.

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

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

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

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

13. The group called the Revisioners was made up of how many members?
(a) 18.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 36.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many clients are at Gladys's home when Ava arrives for her visit?

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

3. What is Gladys's immediate reaction to Ava's revelation about having moved in with Grandma Martha?

4. In what city does The Revisioners take place?

5. What food item does Charlotte bring to Josephine upon her first visit?

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