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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ava wakes up in the middle of the night and finds a pigeon outside her window, what sound does she hear first?
(a) Chanting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Rattling.
(d) Moaning.

2. The slaves killed when the Travis plot was uncovered were planning to take what action the following week?
(a) Shoot the missus.
(b) Run away.
(c) Burn down the plantation.
(d) Shoot the master.

3. From whom does Sally procure the dollar piece that she later gives to Josephine?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

4. Link tells Josephine that white people are incapable of being friends with black people, since "they think friend mean" (143) what?
(a) Mule.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Patsy.

5. Who tells Major that he ought not to "let a man treat you like a dog too many times," lest "you start to feel like one" (211)?
(a) Link.
(b) Louis.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Eliza.

6. Which character does Ava credit with snapping her out of her depression after the breakup of her marriage to Byron?
(a) Byron.
(b) Gladys.
(c) Senait.
(d) Grandma Martha.

7. Josephine states that in contrast to Missus, her mother Winnie handles her feelings "like" what "on a low fire" (115)?
(a) Grits.
(b) Stew.
(c) Chili.
(d) Butter.

8. When the search party finds Grandma Martha, she tells Ava that she had been looking for what objects?
(a) Scissors.
(b) Guns.
(c) Chains.
(d) Cabins.

9. Who comes to Major and Eliza's door in 1924 saying that he has been wronged?
(a) Aristide.
(b) Vern.
(c) Major.
(d) Louis.

10. How many months older than Sally was Josephine?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 6.

11. How long does it take for Missus to conceive a child after Josephine begins to will the child into existence?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 month.

12. Which one of the following members of the Revisioners will NOT be joining the chosen group when they make their escape?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Domingo.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Fred.

13. For how long has Grandma Martha been missing by the time Ava is notified by phone?
(a) Minutes.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Hours.

14. During Jupiter's first visit to Winnie's cabin, he expresses an interest in taking what action?
(a) Kidnapping Sally.
(b) Joining the Revisioners.
(c) Helping her learn to read.
(d) Killing the Missus.

15. When Josephine returns to her own house and finds Charlotte on her own porch, what word does Charlotte use to describe her husband Vern?
(a) Spiteful.
(b) Weak.
(c) Mean.
(d) Stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which mixed-race character at Wildwood has the slaveowner at Wildwood for a father?

2. Josephine tells Louis that she does not need to have attended school to know that if "you talk to a white man like you got some sense, and he'll" take what action against "your head" (211)?

3. On what part of Charlotte's body does Josephine first notice an injury inflicted by Vern?

4. When Josephine talks to Major about survival, she knows that which other character is also listening?

5. How many slaves had their heads "speared on posts dotting the Mississippi River" (122) in association with the Travis plot?

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