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

2. What does Joe wipe his tears with?
(a) A red handkerchief.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His hands.
(d) Dorcas's picture.

3. Where does Violet put the picture of Dorcas?
(a) In the oven.
(b) On the mantel.
(c) Under Joe's pillow.
(d) On the front door.

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

5. 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) No black couples remain together.
(c) It is time to separate from the white customers.
(d) Breakfast is being served.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take for Joe and Violet to pay off the debt on their farm?

2. When does Alice realize Dorcas and Joe are having an affair?

3. Why does Joe begin to feel distanced from Violet?

4. What does Violet steal during one of her crazy episodes?

5. Why do Joe and Violet continue to dance standing in the train car?

(see the answer key)

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