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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument is constantly played during the parade?
(a) Flute.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Drums.
(d) Tuba.

2. What does Dorcas put on Joe's hands?
(a) White paint.
(b) Aloe vera.
(c) Cream and clear nail polish.
(d) Butter and sugar.

3. How does Alice describe Dorcas?
(a) Ugly but pleasant.
(b) Plain but fun-loving.
(c) Funny but quiet.
(d) Beautiful but hardheaded.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Dorcas's clothespin dolls lay?

2. What does Joe not recall from his early days with Violet?

3. Who rents Joe and Dorcas a bedroom once a week?

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

5. Where does Violet put the picture of Dorcas?

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