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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money is True Belle's savings worth?
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) A boullion of gold.
(c) A pound of silver.
(d) Ten golden eagle dollars.

2. What does the green and yellow parrot repeat?
(a) "Please help me".
(b) "You're the best man I ever met".
(c) "You're an angel".
(d) "I love you".

3. Who else is at the party with Dorcas and Acton?
(a) Other young adults.
(b) Wealthy black folk.
(c) Acton's parents.
(d) Political figures.

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

5. What does Violet do when the cotton crop is harvested?
(a) She goes back to Virginia.
(b) She raises children.
(c) She becomes a teacher.
(d) She stays in the neighborhood and works for a family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Joe jealous of the young men on the street?

2. How long does it take for Joe and Violet to pay off the debt on their farm?

3. Who doesn't want an ambulance to be called after Joe shot Dorcas?

4. Who moves to Chicago?

5. How does the white men refer to the best hunter?

(see the answer key)

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