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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Dorcas rejected by teenage boys her own age?
(a) She is tall and beautiful.
(b) She is smarter and sharper.
(c) She wears unfashionable clothing.
(d) She is much more mature than they.

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

3. Where does Violet go when she finds out about Joe's affair?
(a) The funeral parlor.
(b) To her mother's house.
(c) Under their bed.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. Where does Dorcas insist Joe take her?
(a) The beauty parlor.
(b) New York City.
(c) The zoo.
(d) A jazz club.

5. Who tells Violet Dorcas's address?
(a) Joe.
(b) Alice.
(c) True Belle.
(d) Malvonne.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn't a fire truck intervene during the house fire in Dorcas's home?

4. Where do Dorcas's clothespin dolls lay?

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

(see the answer key)

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