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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many clients show up to Hazel's house for the meeting led by Ava in Gladys's absence?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

2. Which member of the Revisioners chooses the rock with the star on it, prompting one group to begin preparing for their imminent escape attempt?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Domingo.

3. What color hair does Missus have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

4. While exhibiting signs of dementia, Grandma Martha uses the word "colored" (196) to refer to which character?
(a) Juanita.
(b) Ava.
(c) Binh.
(d) King.

5. How long after Jupiter's arrival does Missus's mother-in-law visit Wildwood?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 1 week.

6. Ava finds that she has missed how many calls about her Grandma Martha a few days after Gladys's welcome-home party?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

7. Which farm animal of Josephine's is mysteriously killed soon after Vern's visit to Major and Eliza's house?
(a) A cow.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A hog.

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

9. During the search for Grandma Martha, Juanita, King, and Ava are "almost at" what street when they "hear a muffled voice call out, 'Nine-one-one, what's your emergency?'" (195)?
(a) Jefferson Avenue.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Knickerbocker Avenue.
(d) Magnolia Lane.

10. How many friends attend Grandma Martha's book club meeting?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

11. How many slaves had their heads "speared on posts dotting the Mississippi River" (122) in association with the Travis plot?
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

12. From whom does Ava receive a call telling her that her mother Gladys is in the hospital?
(a) Grandma Martha.
(b) Byron.
(c) Gladys's neighbor.
(d) Hazel.

13. Whose workers noisily cut down a tree in 1924, causing "everybody within a quarter mile" to hear the "crack" (209)?
(a) Aristide.
(b) Josephine's.
(c) Paul.
(d) Louis's.

14. What book does Josephine spend her extra time reading during her extended period of alone time?
(a) Their Eyes Were Watching God.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) War and Peace.

15. What action does Josephine take when she discovers that Charlotte is being abused by Vern?
(a) She puts Charlotte to bed.
(b) She shouts.
(c) She calls the police.
(d) She makes the sign of the cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charlotte respond when Josephine tells her about Eliza's pregnancy?

2. What kind of person does young Josephine begin to see after she comes back to life in her childhood?

3. For how long has Grandma Martha been missing by the time Ava is notified by phone?

4. Sally says to Josephine, "I'd never to do anything to hurt you, Josephine. You're like a" what "to me" (149)?

5. Which other character is in the car with Ava when she finds a series of missed calls about Grandma Martha?

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