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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 mixed-race character at Wildwood has the slaveowner at Wildwood for a father?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Domingo.
(c) Jebediah.
(d) Sally.

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

3. Josephine remarks to herself during the exchange between Major and Vern at Major and Eliza's door that she feels what way about Major's display of respect to Vern?
(a) Sad.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Proud.

4. What color hair does Missus have?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

5. During Jupiter's first visit to Winnie's cabin, he expresses an interest in taking what action?
(a) Killing the Missus.
(b) Kidnapping Sally.
(c) Helping her learn to read.
(d) Joining the Revisioners.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Ava has a vision of a what object hanging from an oak tree at Grandma Martha's house?

3. Toward what location is Ava driving when she finds that she has missed a number of calls about Grandma Martha?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Discuss an instance of foreshadowing within the text.

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

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