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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who understands, like Joe, what it feels like to feel nothing inside?
(a) Dorcas.
(b) Rose Dear.
(c) Alice.
(d) Violet.

3. Who lives with Joe on Lenox Avenue?
(a) Golden Gray.
(b) Alice.
(c) Dorcas.
(d) Violet.

4. How is Violet described by the author?
(a) Skinny and over fifty.
(b) Attractive and haunting.
(c) Wrinkly and harsh.
(d) Chubby and pleasant.

5. What does Joe not recall from his early days with Violet?
(a) What they buy as a couple.
(b) The dresses that she wears.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Specific dates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of Dorcas's makeup does Violet find out about?

2. What does Joe see in Dorcas's picture?

3. How does Alice describe Dorcas?

4. Who tells Violet Dorcas's address?

5. What does Violet see in Dorcas's picture?

(see the answer key)

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