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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area does the author describe in springtime?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Central Park.
(d) California.

2. How does Alice describe Dorcas?
(a) Plain but fun-loving.
(b) Beautiful but hardheaded.
(c) Ugly but pleasant.
(d) Funny but quiet.

3. What happens to Violet after she attacks Dorcas's body?
(a) She feels split into two people.
(b) She becomes more compassionate.
(c) She is arrested and tried.
(d) She loses her affinity for violence.

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

5. What does Joe buy Dorcas the first day they meet?
(a) A horse.
(b) A dress.
(c) Peppermint candy.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the green and yellow parrot repeat?

3. What does Violet see in Dorcas's picture?

4. What does Violet do when the cotton crop is harvested?

5. What happens to Dorcas's mother?

(see the answer key)

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