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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 slaves killed when the Travis plot was uncovered were planning to take what action the following week?
(a) Shoot the master.
(b) Burn down the plantation.
(c) Run away.
(d) Shoot the missus.

2. Josephine is in what decade of life in 1924?
(a) Her 60s.
(b) Her 80s.
(c) Her 50s.
(d) Her 70s.

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

4. For how long has Grandma Martha been missing by the time Ava is notified by phone?
(a) Minutes.
(b) Days.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Hours.

5. Josephine offers to bring what objects for Vern's perusal before he rejects her offer?
(a) Topography measurements.
(b) Maps.
(c) Deeds.
(d) Blueprints.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose instruction does Ava meet with Gladys's clients the day after Gladys is admitted to the hospital?

2. How many friends attend Grandma Martha's book club meeting?

3. Eliza blames which member of her family for leading Major astray in his decision-making?

4. To whom was Josephine referring in 1855 when she remarked to Missus that "a new man" (115) had arrived at Wildwood?

5. Which crops of Josephine's are mysteriously destroyed soon after Vern's visit to Major and Eliza's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Grandma Martha goes missing for an alarming period of time, where is she ultimately located and by whom?

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

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

6. How does Josephine deal with the loneliness she experiences during one particular period of 1924?

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

8. What change does Josephine notice in Charlotte after she reports becoming treasurer of a club she has just joined?

9. For what reason does Missus gather together all of Wildwood's slaves one day after she becomes pregnant?

10. What is the significance of Missus's correction of Josephine's observation that there is "a new man" (115) at Wildwood?

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