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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the train conductor announce when he walks through the cabin where Joe and Violet are standing?
(a) All blacks must leave the train car.
(b) Breakfast is being served.
(c) It is time to separate from the white customers.
(d) No black couples remain together.

2. What are the Civic Daughters planning when Joe delivers the cosmetics?
(a) An Easter Egg hunt.
(b) The debutante ball.
(c) Dorcas's engagement party.
(d) A Thanksgiving fundraiser.

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

4. Why does Joe want to stay near Dorcas after he shoots her?
(a) He wants to be arrested and taken to prison.
(b) He doesn't want anyone else to touch her.
(c) He wants her to keep from falling.
(d) He wants her to die in his arms.

5. How much debt does Joe and Violet have on the land?
(a) $1,800.00.
(b) $180.00.
(c) $20,000.00.
(d) It is not clear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Violet regret when she turns forty?

2. What does Joe think of when he imagines Dorcas?

3. Who tells Violet Dorcas's address?

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

5. What area does the author describe in springtime?

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