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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. The narrator reveals that Josephine began her life as a what?
(a) A serf.
(b) A sharecropper.
(c) A slave.
(d) A thief.
2. What type of object is "the only thing of Josephine's that [Ava and King] own" (19)?
(a) A vase.
(b) A clock.
(c) A pitcher.
(d) A lamp.
3. What food item does Charlotte bring to Josephine upon her first visit?
(a) Biscuits.
(b) Jam.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Pineapple.
4. Ava reveals that she is how many years old?
(a) 38.
(b) 28.
(c) 32.
(d) 26.
5. During the wedding, Josephine has to look away when she gets choked up thinking about three qualities Major shares with his late father. What is NOT one of these qualities?
(a) Piercing green eyes.
(b) Coal-black eyes.
(c) Curly red hair.
(d) Burnt orange skin.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color are Charlotte's eyes?
2. When King is homesick, Ava suggests that they go back to the old neighborhood when?
3. How many times per year does Ava generally visit her mother Gladys?
4. When the novel begins, in what year is the first section of the text set?
5. How long ago was Gladys diagnosed with cancer, according to Ava?
Short Essay Questions
1. What action of Josephine's causes Aristide to surrender to her way of thinking?
2. What issue does Ava name as the one that led to the breakup of her marriage to Byron?
3. What important item do Ava and King forget when they move to a new place at the start of the novel?
4. Name two drawbacks of Ava's decision to move with her son King into Grandma Martha's house.
5. Who is Senait?
6. What main difference in narration exists between the 1924 and 1855 eras of Josephine's life?
7. For what event is Josephine preparing in 1924 when we first meet her?
8. Which aspects of Ava's life cause her humiliation?
9. What type of help does Charlotte request from Josephine and what is Josephine's response?
10. Which two emotions does Ava note within Josephine's expression in the photograph?
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