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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Malvonne include in the letter from Hot Steam to Daddy Sage?
(a) Violet's phone number.
(b) A Bible passage.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) An article about adultery.

2. Why doesn't Violet sleep at night?
(a) Joe snores loudly.
(b) She sleeps too much during the day.
(c) She is awakened by nightmares.
(d) The birds are gone.

3. How is Violet described by the author?
(a) Chubby and pleasant.
(b) Attractive and haunting.
(c) Wrinkly and harsh.
(d) Skinny and over fifty.

4. What happens to Dorcas's mother?
(a) She is killed by a boyfriend.
(b) She runs away to Mexico.
(c) She gradually becomes insane.
(d) She dies in a housefire.

5. What does Joe see in Dorcas's picture?
(a) A woman who looks just like Violet.
(b) A beautiful, sweet girl.
(c) A scraggly, shy teenager.
(d) An aged, harsh woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attends the parade with Dorcas in 1917?

2. Who does Alice try to teach Dorcas to avoid?

3. What does Alice Manfred do for a living?

4. How does Violet decide to get back at Joe?

5. What does Joe think about Violet's crazy episodes?

(see the answer key)

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