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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Almeda leave the hot, cooked grapes in overnight?
(a) Big bowls.
(b) Food strainer.
(c) Colander.
(d) Cheesecloth bag.

2. What does Almeda's vulnerability signify to Jarvis?
(a) She is suitable for marriage.
(b) She is dramatic.
(c) She is hysterical.
(d) She is weak.

3. What is unique about Almeda in her family?
(a) She has a lisp.
(b) She is the last surviving member.
(c) She got gray hair at age 18.
(d) She has one blue eye and one green eye.

4. Almeda thinks that married women have to _____________________.
(a) Give up careers.
(b) Clean too much.
(c) Mold their husbands.
(d) Deal with in-laws.

5. What is the undesirable part of town called?
(a) Finneytown.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Pearl Street swamp.
(d) Skid Row.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Almeda like to include in a poem?

2. Almeda's family's home sits on what street?

3. What does Jarvis do to the woman at the gate?

4. How do the boys in town move Queen Aggie from place to place?

5. What is unique about Queen Aggie?

(see the answer key)

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