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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Rose Dear eventually die?
(a) No one is sure.
(b) She convinces her boyfriend to kill her.
(c) She dies of a heart attack.
(d) She throws herself down a well.

3. In the beginning of the book, why does Joe say he shoots Dorcas?
(a) He wants to capture her forever.
(b) He wants to keep the feeling of love going.
(c) She tries to rob him.
(d) He is trying to shoot someone else.

4. What does Malvonne include in the letter from Hot Steam to Daddy Sage?
(a) Violet's phone number.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) A Bible passage.
(d) An article about adultery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the 1917 parade protesting?

2. What are the Civic Daughters planning when Joe delivers the cosmetics?

3. Who does Dorcas stay with when Alice goes to work?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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