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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe buy Dorcas the first day they meet?
(a) Peppermint candy.
(b) Beer.
(c) A horse.
(d) A dress.

2. How much money is True Belle's savings worth?
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) A pound of silver.
(c) A boullion of gold.
(d) Ten golden eagle dollars.

3. Who sits on every street corner, according to the author?
(a) Blues musicians.
(b) Blind beggars.
(c) Young prostitutes.
(d) Single mothers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malvonne include in the letter from Hot Steam to Daddy Sage?

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

3. What does True Belle sew to the hem of her dress?

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

5. What does Dorcas rescue from her home as a small child?

(see the answer key)

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