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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. Josephine says in 1924 that she has ensured that which character "attends school year-round" (77)?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Link.
(c) Major.
(d) Jericho.

2. Where does Ava find the photograph of Josephine after Gladys goes home?
(a) On her bed.
(b) In the sink.
(c) On the kitchen counter.
(d) In the laundry hamper.

3. What is the name of the woman who will soon marry Josephine's family member?
(a) Florence.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Marie.
(d) Eliza.

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

5. Josephine reminds Jericho that the first time they had met Eliza, she had been wearing what kind of flower in her hair?
(a) A peony.
(b) A daffodil.
(c) A poppy.
(d) A violet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position does Gladys now inhabit for work?

3. Josephine recalls ensuring that her son Major finished which grade in school?

4. When Josephine first takes on the role of first-person narrator, in what year is the narrative set?

5. The neighbors named Vern and Charlotte that Josephine gained a few months before the reader meets her are what type of people?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What aspect of Gladys's health worries Ava, though she tries not to think about it?

4. Who is Senait?

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

6. Name two benefits of Ava's decision to move with her son King into Grandma Martha's house.

7. How does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within Ava's worries about her mother Gladys's health?

8. What issue does Ava name as the one that led to the breakup of her marriage to Byron?

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

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

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