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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who rents Joe and Dorcas a bedroom once a week?
(a) Malvonne.
(b) Rose Dear.
(c) Alice.
(d) Dorcas's mother.

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

3. What does the train conductor announce when he walks through the cabin where Joe and Violet are standing?
(a) It is time to separate from the white customers.
(b) Breakfast is being served.
(c) No black couples remain together.
(d) All blacks must leave the train car.

4. What does Violet see in Dorcas's picture?
(a) An angry, disturbed teenager.
(b) A friendly, mature girl.
(c) A sweet, beautiful woman.
(d) A stubborn girl needing a haircut.

5. What does Alice Manfred do for a living?
(a) Cooks in a nearby restaurant.
(b) She is a nurse for a black doctor.
(c) She is a seamstress.
(d) Cleans wealthy people's homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Alice realize Dorcas and Joe are having an affair?

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

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

4. What does Violet try to do to Dorcas's face?

5. What does Alice protect Dorcas from?

(see the answer key)

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