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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. Which character taught Josephine "her letters" (147)?
(a) Sally.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Missus.
(d) Tom.

2. Jupiter tells Winnie that he will change whose mind for her if she allows him to join the Revisioners?
(a) Fred's.
(b) Missus's.
(c) Sally's.
(d) Domingo's.

3. For how many years has Josephine lived at Wildwood when 1855 arrives?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

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

5. In what way was Isaiah related to Josephine before his death?
(a) Husband.
(b) Brother.
(c) Father.
(d) Uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Josephine states that in contrast to Missus, her mother Winnie handles her feelings "like" what "on a low fire" (115)?

2. Which one of the following members of the Revisioners will NOT be joining the chosen group when they make their escape?

3. How many months older than Sally was Josephine?

4. The slaves killed when the Travis plot was uncovered were planning to take what action the following week?

5. At what time of day does Ava visit her mother in the hospital after she is admitted for coughing up blood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Ava receive when she is awakened out of a deep sleep by a troubling phone call?

2. What observation does Link make about the possibility of black people being friends with white people in 1924 America?

3. Which member of the Revisioners draws the rock with the star on it and who leaves Wildwood as a group as a result?

4. In what way does the theme of collectivism arise within the scenes of the Revisioners drawing rocks?

5. Discuss an instance of foreshadowing within the text.

6. What phenomenon does Gladys report to Ava that she has been experiencing since she had to go to the hospital?

7. Describe an instance when the theme of hope is presented as a liability.

8. How does Ava feel after she leads a meeting of her doula mother Gladys's pregnant clients during Gladys's recuperation?

9. How does Ava react to her mother Gladys's revelation about her visions of Josephine?

10. For what reason does Vern come to Major's door to complain?

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