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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Alice Manfred related to Dorcas?
(a) Dorcas is Alice's daughter.
(b) Alice is Dorcas's aunt.
(c) Alice and Dorcas are second cousins.
(d) Alice and Dorcas are sisters.

3. What does Joe think about Violet's crazy episodes?
(a) He ignores them completely.
(b) He thinks they are incredibly annoying.
(c) He thinks they are charming.
(d) He does not know about them.

4. When does Alice realize Dorcas and Joe are having an affair?
(a) After Dorcas is dead.
(b) Thanksgiving dinner.
(c) Never.
(d) The first night Dorcas and Joe meet.

5. What does Malvonne do for a living?
(a) Runs a daycare.
(b) Delivers newspapers.
(c) Cleans offices.
(d) Cooks for neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives with Joe on Lenox Avenue?

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

3. What happens the same day Dorcas's mother is burned in the house fire?

4. What does Alice protect Dorcas from?

5. Why do Joe and Violet continue to dance standing in the train car?

(see the answer key)

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