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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. On what part of Charlotte's body does Josephine first notice an injury inflicted by Vern?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her eye.
(c) Her ankle.
(d) Her nose.

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

3. Which character does Ava credit with snapping her out of her depression after the breakup of her marriage to Byron?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Senait.
(c) Byron.
(d) Grandma Martha.

4. Who comes to Major and Eliza's door in 1924 saying that he has been wronged?
(a) Louis.
(b) Aristide.
(c) Major.
(d) Vern.

5. How long after Jupiter's arrival does Missus's mother-in-law visit Wildwood?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Jericho mention during the game of whist that causes Josephine to pace the floor all night?

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

3. Who tells Major that he ought not to "let a man treat you like a dog too many times," lest "you start to feel like one" (211)?

4. Jupiter tells Winnie that he will change whose mind for her if she allows him to join the Revisioners?

5. Where does Ava go when she leaves Grandma Martha's book club meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Which people begin to stop visiting Josephine all at once, causing her to "go days without seeing another face" (175) in 1924?

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

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

6. What action does Sally ask Josephine to take that Josephine then appears to have taken one month later?

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

8. Discuss an instance of foreshadowing within the text.

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

10. What evidence does Josephine provide for her conclusion that Jupiter was left unhurt by his violent physical punishment at Wildwood?

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