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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens the same day Dorcas's mother is burned in the house fire?
(a) She is arrested by the police for murder.
(b) Dorcas is fired from her job.
(c) She overdoses on medication.
(d) Dorcas's father is killed during a race riot.

2. What is True Belle's relationship to Violet?
(a) She is Violet's school teacher.
(b) She is Violet's nanny.
(c) She is Violet's grandmother.
(d) She is Violet's older sister.

3. What does Violet steal during one of her crazy episodes?
(a) A baby.
(b) Knives.
(c) Candy.
(d) A television.

4. Who does Alice try to teach Dorcas to avoid?
(a) Social workers and teachers.
(b) All other blacks.
(c) White male teenagers and adults.
(d) The wealthy.

5. Where does Violet stop to have two malts?
(a) A jazz club.
(b) The drugstore.
(c) The local bar.
(d) Her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Joe pay for the bedroom he and Dorcas meet in?

2. Why is Dorcas rejected by teenage boys her own age?

3. Why doesn't Violet sleep at night?

4. Why is Violet committed to gaining weight?

5. Who attends the parade with Dorcas in 1917?

(see the answer key)

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