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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) Five dollars.
(b) A Bible passage.
(c) An article about adultery.
(d) Violet's phone number.

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

3. Who understands, like Joe, what it feels like to feel nothing inside?
(a) Alice.
(b) Rose Dear.
(c) Violet.
(d) Dorcas.

4. Where does Violet put the picture of Dorcas?
(a) Under Joe's pillow.
(b) In the oven.
(c) On the front door.
(d) On the mantel.

5. How much does Joe pay for the bedroom he and Dorcas meet in?
(a) Five dollars an hour.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Two dollars a month.
(d) He trades handiwork for the use of the bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Violet see in Dorcas's picture?

2. Which of the following are in Violet's apartment?

3. Why does Malvonne want to make sure the young black girl's letter gets to the law school?

4. What are the Civic Daughters planning when Joe delivers the cosmetics?

5. Where do Dorcas's clothespin dolls lay?

(see the answer key)

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