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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dorcas have to be careful about how she looks and acts around Acton?
(a) He suspects she is not really in love with him.
(b) He moves on to another girl.
(c) He demoralizes her and hit her.
(d) He has the power to make or break her career.

2. What area does the author describe in springtime?
(a) Central Park.
(b) California.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Virginia.

3. Where do Dorcas's clothespin dolls lay?
(a) On the floor of the burnt-down home.
(b) Within an old oak tree.
(c) Under her pillow.
(d) In a cigar box.

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

5. Why do the Miller sisters call the police station repeatedly?
(a) They are crazy.
(b) They imagine they hear thieves in their home.
(c) As a way to keep Dorcas from misbehaving.
(d) To report restaurants serving alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument is constantly played during the parade?

2. What, in Dorcas's mind, is wrong with Joe?

3. Who does Alice eventually allow to come visit her at home?

4. When does Alice realize Dorcas and Joe are having an affair?

5. What happens the same day Dorcas's mother is burned in the house fire?

(see the answer key)

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