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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 Joe not recall from his early days with Violet?
(a) Feelings.
(b) The dresses that she wears.
(c) What they buy as a couple.
(d) Specific dates.

2. Who attends the parade with Dorcas in 1917?
(a) No one.
(b) Joe and Violet.
(c) Joe only.
(d) Alice Manfred.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joe selling when he meets Dorcas?

2. What does Violet find in the bottom of the parrot's cage?

3. In the beginning of the book, why does Joe say he shoots Dorcas?

4. What happens to Dorcas's mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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