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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dorcas stay with when Alice goes to work?
(a) No one.
(b) The Miller sisters.
(c) Joe's mother.
(d) True Belle.

2. Why doesn't a fire truck intervene during the house fire in Dorcas's home?
(a) It is waiting for a fire in a white neighborhood.
(b) It is out of gas.
(c) It is broken down.
(d) All the firemen are on strike.

3. Why do Joe and Violet continue to dance standing in the train car?
(a) They do not want to be separated by the table.
(b) They do not want to lose their places.
(c) They are afraid to sit down for fear they are punished.
(d) They aren't hungry.

4. How does True Belle know Vera Louise Gray is pregnant?
(a) True Belle does Vera Louise's laundry.
(b) She reads Vera Louise's diary.
(c) She eavesdrops on Vera Louise's conversation.
(d) She sees it in a dream.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Joe pray sends him a sign as he sits in the bushes?

2. What is special about Neola Miller?

3. What does Violet do after she runs from the funeral home?

4. What does Violet envision Joe giving Dorcas?

5. What does Golden Gray cover the woman's body with?

(see the answer key)

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