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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. Which mixed-race character at Wildwood has the slaveowner at Wildwood for a father?
2. Josephine states that in contrast to Missus, her mother Winnie handles her feelings "like" what "on a low fire" (115)?
3. Link tells Josephine that white people are incapable of being friends with black people, since "they think friend mean" (143) what?
4. The slaves killed when the Travis plot was uncovered were planning to take what action the following week?
5. When Ava has a vision of an object hanging from the oak tree in Grandma Martha's yard, what does she discover the object is when she forces herself to look again?
Short Essay Questions
1. What action does Sally ask Josephine to take that Josephine then appears to have taken one month later?
2. Which people begin to stop visiting Josephine all at once, causing her to "go days without seeing another face" (175) in 1924?
3. In what way does the theme of collectivism arise within the scenes of the Revisioners drawing rocks?
4. What phenomenon does Gladys report to Ava that she has been experiencing since she had to go to the hospital?
5. What is the significance of Missus's correction of Josephine's observation that there is "a new man" (115) at Wildwood?
6. Whose influence does Eliza tell Josephine is leading her husband Major to make bad decisions?
7. For what act does Ava feel gratitude toward Grandma Martha in relation to the period just after King's birth?
8. Discuss an instance when Sexton uses a literary device to indicate a contrast between two characters.
9. For what reason does Domingo encourage his wife Winnie to be less brave?
10. Which member of the Revisioners draws the rock with the star on it and who leaves Wildwood as a group as a result?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the themes of race and cultural identity function within The Revisioners and what is Sexton’s message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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