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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 member of the Revisioners chooses the rock with the star on it, prompting one group to begin preparing for their imminent escape attempt?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Domingo.
(d) Winnie.

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

3. How many friends attend Grandma Martha's book club meeting?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

4. 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.

5. At whose instruction does Ava meet with Gladys's clients the day after Gladys is admitted to the hospital?
(a) Byron.
(b) Gladys.
(c) King.
(d) Hazel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charlotte tells Josephine the day of Vern's visit to Major that she hopes Vern did not inspire what feeling in Josephine?

2. How many months older than Sally was Josephine?

3. Josephine celebrates the fact that she can only detect a "slight" bit of what "ever-present" (210) emotion within Major's words to Vern?

4. Which character taught Josephine "her letters" (147)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 is the "Travis plot" (122) discussed by Domingo prior to the family's escape attempt?

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

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

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

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

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