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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What position does Gladys now inhabit for work?
2. When the reader first hears Josephine's voice, she is preparing for the wedding of which character?
3. Ava has noticed that King likes to produce what type of writing?
4. In what room of Gladys's house does Ava wait for her mother to finish with her clients?
5. What is NOT an element of the best middle school in the city, which King attends for the first time early in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what event is Josephine preparing in 1924 when we first meet her?
2. What important item do Ava and King forget when they move to a new place at the start of the novel?
3. How does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within Ava's worries about her mother Gladys's health?
4. Which two emotions does Ava note within Josephine's expression in the photograph?
5. Name two drawbacks of Ava's decision to move with her son King into Grandma Martha's house.
6. In what way does Josephine demonstrate the power to empathize with those different from herself?
7. What is the source of Josephine's anger toward her son Major on the day of Jericho's school function?
8. Discuss two instances when Ava engages in denial regarding Grandma Martha's behaviors.
9. What action of Josephine's causes Aristide to surrender to her way of thinking?
10. What aspect of Gladys's health worries Ava, though she tries not to think about it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of Charlotte's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Sexton in depicting Charlotte and include in your discussion the reasons that Sexton portrays her in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Sexton’s use of the water motif within the novel The Revisioners.
Essay Topic 3
Trace the characterization arc of Josephine’s character throughout the novel The Revisioners. Discuss whether Josephine is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
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