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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

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) Cleans wealthy people's homes.
(d) Cooks in a nearby restaurant.

2. What is the reason Golden Gray comes to see Lestory?
(a) To invite his father to come live with him.
(b) To ask his father for money.
(c) To see how black he is.
(d) To understand more about his heritage.

3. What does Joe find behind a hibiscus bush?
(a) Dorcas's old dress.
(b) A picture of his grandmother.
(c) A burrow.
(d) A parrot.

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

5. Why is Joe jealous of the young men on the street?
(a) They do not have to worry about segregation and racism.
(b) They do not have to go searching for women.
(c) They have living parents and loving wives.
(d) They have lots of money and good jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does True Belle sew to the hem of her dress?

2. What does Violet envision Joe giving Dorcas?

3. What does Joe find near the cooking fire?

4. How much money is True Belle's savings worth?

5. What happens to Violet after she attacks Dorcas's body?

(see the answer key)

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