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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens the same day Dorcas's mother is burned in the house fire?
(a) Dorcas is fired from her job.
(b) She overdoses on medication.
(c) Dorcas's father is killed during a race riot.
(d) She is arrested by the police for murder.

2. What does Joe take with him to the park?
(a) A sandwich and his gun.
(b) A picture of Dorcas.
(c) His walking cane.
(d) His sample case of cosmetics.

3. What is special about Neola Miller?
(a) Her hair is bright yellow.
(b) Her left arm is paralyzed over her heart.
(c) She is a genius.
(d) She is deaf.

4. How does the white men refer to the best hunter?
(a) As a genius.
(b) As a witch doctor.
(c) As a farce and a scam.
(d) As a hypnotist.

5. What is the 1917 parade protesting?
(a) Desegregation.
(b) Abortion.
(c) The St. Louis race riots.
(d) Child abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Dorcas's clothespin dolls lay?

2. Who does Dorcas tell her friends attacks her?

3. What is the true reason Dorcas breaks up with Joe?

4. Who does Dorcas stay with when Alice goes to work?

5. Why is Joe jealous of the young men on the street?

(see the answer key)

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