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

2. With what activity does Charlotte say she has been busy when she says that she will try to visit Josephine the following day?
(a) Reading.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Her group.
(d) Carpentry.

3. Though Louis protests, Josephine wants Major to take what action in order to placate Vern?
(a) To send a gift.
(b) To plant a tree.
(c) To apologize.
(d) To pay money.

4. How many months older than Sally was Josephine?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

5. What kind of person does young Josephine begin to see after she comes back to life in her childhood?
(a) A boy.
(b) A girl.
(c) A man.
(d) A woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the Revisioners chooses the rock with the star on it, prompting one group to begin preparing for their imminent escape attempt?

2. How long after Jupiter's arrival does Missus's mother-in-law visit Wildwood?

3. Ava finds that she has missed how many calls about her Grandma Martha a few days after Gladys's welcome-home party?

4. Which character comes to Josephine's door crying after she has had a long spell with no visitors?

5. Who comes to Major and Eliza's door in 1924 saying that he has been wronged?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose influence does Eliza tell Josephine is leading her husband Major to make bad decisions?

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

3. For what act does Ava feel gratitude toward Grandma Martha in relation to the period just after King's birth?

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

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

6. Discuss an instance when Sexton uses a literary device to indicate a contrast between two characters.

7. What does Ava mean when she tells the reader that King "doesn't know [Grandma Martha] called him colored" and that he "doesn't know that she was looking for cabins" (198)?

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

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

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

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