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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 Joe think of when he imagines Dorcas?
(a) A newborn cat.
(b) A strong axe.
(c) A sweet apple.
(d) A babydoll.

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

3. Who understands, like Joe, what it feels like to feel nothing inside?
(a) Alice.
(b) Rose Dear.
(c) Violet.
(d) Dorcas.

4. Who attends the parade with Dorcas in 1917?
(a) No one.
(b) Joe only.
(c) Joe and Violet.
(d) Alice Manfred.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of Dorcas's makeup does Violet find out about?

2. What are the Civic Daughters planning when Joe delivers the cosmetics?

3. Why does Joe begin tracking Dorcas down with a gun?

4. Where does Violet stop to have two malts?

5. What do Violet and Joe do all night the first time they meet?

(see the answer key)

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