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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28 and 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Laura unhappy about Birdie Lee?
(a) She has to go to the bathroom too much.
(b) She is no longer playing the drums.
(c) She is flirting with Buddy.
(d) She is taking too much attention away from Laura.

2. Who is evicted to make room for the church?
(a) Some men moved in from the bowery.
(b) Some drifters.
(c) A Southern family.
(d) Some rejects from Blecker Street.

3. How do Laura and Essie react to Buddy's obvious attraction to Marietta?
(a) They both think it's ridiculous.
(b) They decide to watch Buddy carefully around her.
(c) Laura becomes jealous, and Essie becomes protective.
(d) They are amused.

4. What rumor is going around about Buddy?
(a) That he is in jail for rape.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That he is dating another woman.
(d) That he is in cahoots with the police.

5. Of what is Laura still jealous?
(a) Birdie Lee.
(b) Essie.
(c) Chicken-Crow-For-Day.
(d) Them white folks what's got so much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems smitten with Marietta?

2. How does Laura describe the church apartment?

3. Where do Essie and Marietta move?

4. Who has Essie asked to come by and visit?

5. What does Laura want to do with the money?

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