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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. At what time of day does Ava visit her mother in the hospital after she is admitted for coughing up blood?

2. Josephine offers to bring what objects for Vern's perusal before he rejects her offer?

3. How many months older than Sally was Josephine?

4. The first time Jupiter enters Winnie's cabin, he is accompanied by what type of bird that he always keeps by his side?

5. What action does Josephine take when she discovers that Charlotte is being abused by Vern?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Discuss an instance of foreshadowing within the text.

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

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

8. Discuss an instance when Sexton uses a literary device to indicate a contrast between two characters.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perform a biographical criticism of The Revisioners by researching Sexton's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Sexton.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why Sexton instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Revisioners.

Essay Topic 3

Look carefully at the passages of The Revisioners that describe the close relationship between Ava and her 12-year-old son King. What is Sexton’s purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between this mother and son and in what way does the relationship contain several of the text’s main themes?

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