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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe find near the cooking fire?
(a) Knives and guns.
(b) Rope, wood, nails, and a hammer.
(c) A dress, a doll, and a cigar case.
(d) Flour, sugar, and water.

2. Who does Alice try to teach Dorcas to avoid?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) White male teenagers and adults.
(c) Social workers and teachers.
(d) All other blacks.

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

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

5. What does Violet do after she runs from the funeral home?
(a) Tries to commit suicide.
(b) Takes a train back to Virginia.
(c) Releases all the birds from their cages.
(d) Attacks Joe while he is sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malvonne do for a living?

2. Who does Alice eventually allow to come visit her at home?

3. What does Joe not recall from his early days with Violet?

4. Who lives with Joe on Lenox Avenue?

5. How does Rose Dear eventually die?

(see the answer key)

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