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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Violet's father travel to look for work?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mexico.
(d) The North.

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

5. What does Alice Manfred do for a living?
(a) Cleans wealthy people's homes.
(b) She is a seamstress.
(c) Cooks in a nearby restaurant.
(d) She is a nurse for a black doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who attends the parade with Dorcas in 1917?

3. What does Joe think about Violet's crazy episodes?

4. Why does Malvonne want to make sure the young black girl's letter gets to the law school?

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

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