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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long ago was Gladys diagnosed with cancer, according to Ava?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 3 weeks.

3. How old is Ava's mother Gladys?
(a) 52.
(b) 65.
(c) 72.
(d) 58.

4. The narrator reveals that Josephine began her life as a what?
(a) A serf.
(b) A sharecropper.
(c) A thief.
(d) A slave.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Ava thinks to herself that whenever she is "about to see [her] mother," her what "wobbles" (50)?

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

5. Who is Senait, in relation to Ava?

Short Essay Questions

1. What circumstances led to Josephine's mother remaining emotionally distant from Josephine?

2. What important item do Ava and King forget when they move to a new place at the start of the novel?

3. In what way does Josephine demonstrate the power to empathize with those different from herself?

4. What major career change did Ava's mother Gladys make once she had practiced law for 20 years and why?

5. What main difference in narration exists between the 1924 and 1855 eras of Josephine's life?

6. For what event is Josephine preparing in 1924 when we first meet her?

7. Discuss two instances when Ava engages in denial regarding Grandma Martha's behaviors.

8. How did Jericho come to stay with Josephine for an extended period of time?

9. What is the significance of Gladys's visit to the home of Grandma Martha?

10. What action of Josephine's causes Aristide to surrender to her way of thinking?

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