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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23, 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after Essie joins in on the song?
(a) Laura stops and starts to pass the hat.
(b) Someone yells at them to be quiet.
(c) Essie becomes inspired and everyone gets quiet to hear her.
(d) Others join.

2. When do the women actually start preaching?
(a) Late February.
(b) Right after the New Year.
(c) Well into Spring.
(d) Early July.

3. How does Laura picture Essie's role in the street corner church?
(a) Sitting quietly and preaching.
(b) Sitting quietly and occasionally singing.
(c) Singing and then fainting as if in ecstasy.
(d) Singing and then preaching when Laura sings.

4. Approximately when does Chapter 19 take place?
(a) It is a flashback to a year before Laura and Essie set up their church.
(b) Ten years after Laura and Essie set up their church.
(c) Just less than a year since Laura and Essie set up their church.
(d) About 2 months after Laura and Essie set up their church.

5. Who has not yet bought any holy water?
(a) Birdie Lee.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Essie.
(d) Chicken-Crow-For-Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Birdie Lee going to get?

2. Over what do the women argue in Chapter 7?

3. How long has it been since Essie has seen her daughter?

4. What is distracting Laura from listening to Essie?

5. Of what does Laura accuse Essie?

(see the answer key)

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