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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. For how long has Grandma Martha been missing by the time Ava is notified by phone?

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

3. In what way was Isaiah related to Josephine before his death?

4. How does Charlotte respond when Josephine tells her about Eliza's pregnancy?

5. How many months pregnant is Eliza when there is a dispute over a tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Domingo encourage his wife Winnie to be less brave?

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

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

4. Discuss an instance of foreshadowing within the text.

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

6. Describe an instance when the theme of hope is presented as a liability.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the topic of family bonds treated within The Revisioners and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Choose an object from The Revisioners, such as the brass lamp, the tree under which Josephine prays, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

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