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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Alice try to teach Dorcas to avoid?
(a) Social workers and teachers.
(b) All other blacks.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) White male teenagers and adults.

2. What is Joe selling when he meets Dorcas?
(a) Encyclopedias.
(b) Brooms.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cosmetics.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorcas rescue from her home as a small child?

2. Where does Violet put the picture of Dorcas?

3. What does Violet steal during one of her crazy episodes?

4. Who moves to Chicago?

5. What does the train conductor announce when he walks through the cabin where Joe and Violet are standing?

(see the answer key)

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