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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following are in Violet's apartment?
(a) Piles of newspapers.
(b) Dogs and cats.
(c) Birds and houseplants.
(d) Shotguns and cocaine.

2. How long does it take for Joe and Violet to pay off the debt on their farm?
(a) Twenty-two years.
(b) They never pay it off.
(c) Five years.
(d) Six months.

3. What happens to Dorcas's mother?
(a) She runs away to Mexico.
(b) She is killed by a boyfriend.
(c) She gradually becomes insane.
(d) She dies in a housefire.

4. What year does Joe and Violet move to the city?
(a) The author does not include a date.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1952.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Violet try to do to Dorcas's face?

2. How does Violet decide to get back at Joe?

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

4. Who attends the parade with Dorcas in 1917?

5. What does Violet do after she runs from the funeral home?

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