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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the 1917 parade protesting?
(a) Desegregation.
(b) Child abuse.
(c) The St. Louis race riots.
(d) Abortion.

2. As Golden Gray approaches his father's house, what does he wish to do to his father?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Threaten him with his gun.
(c) Fight him.
(d) Hug him and make amends.

3. What sort of birth does the naked pregnant girl have?
(a) A difficult one.
(b) The girl leaves the cabin while she is in labor, so the reader doesn't know.
(c) An uneventful one.
(d) An easy, short one.

4. Why is Violet committed to gaining weight?
(a) She wants to be admitted to the hospital.
(b) She thinks it makes her look crazier.
(c) She is trying to get the hips and backside she has as a young woman.
(d) She thinks it makes Joe feel sorry for her.

5. What does Violet do when the cotton crop is harvested?
(a) She stays in the neighborhood and works for a family.
(b) She goes back to Virginia.
(c) She raises children.
(d) She becomes a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vera Louise do with True Belle's wages?

3. Who sits on every street corner, according to the author?

4. Why does True Belle send Violet to Palestine?

5. Who tells Violet Dorcas's address?

(see the answer key)

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