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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe buy Dorcas the first day they meet?
(a) Beer.
(b) A horse.
(c) A dress.
(d) Peppermint candy.

2. Why does Malvonne want to make sure the young black girl's letter gets to the law school?
(a) The young black girl is Malvonne's daughter.
(b) She is afraid she is reported for having stolen mail.
(c) She is threatened by the police.
(d) She is afraid the girl has to get a low-paying job instead.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who moves to Chicago?

3. What does Violet do in response to her crazy episodes?

4. What does Malvonne do for a living?

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

(see the answer key)

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