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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Violet try to do to Dorcas's face?
(a) Disfigure it with a knife.
(b) Make it look older.
(c) Make it look younger.
(d) Apply more makeup.

2. What does Violet regret when she turns forty?
(a) Not having been loved deeply enough.
(b) Not taking better care of her skin.
(c) Getting married so early.
(d) Never having children.

3. What do Violet and Joe do all night the first time they meet?
(a) Dance.
(b) Fight.
(c) Eat.
(d) Talk.

4. How is Alice Manfred related to Dorcas?
(a) Dorcas is Alice's daughter.
(b) Alice and Dorcas are sisters.
(c) Alice is Dorcas's aunt.
(d) Alice and Dorcas are second cousins.

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

6. How does Violet meet Joe?
(a) They are both lost while trying to get to Chicago.
(b) They grow up in the same church together.
(c) He falls out of tree she is sleeping under.
(d) They go on a blind date.

7. What does Joe wipe his tears with?
(a) His hands.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Dorcas's picture.
(d) A red handkerchief.

8. Who does Dorcas cry for during her mother's funeral?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her dolls.
(d) Herself.

9. What happens the same day Dorcas's mother is burned in the house fire?
(a) Dorcas is fired from her job.
(b) Dorcas's father is killed during a race riot.
(c) She is arrested by the police for murder.
(d) She overdoses on medication.

10. Why does True Belle send Violet to Palestine?
(a) Violet becomes pregnant.
(b) To go to beauty school.
(c) To pick cotton.
(d) To get away from Joe.

11. What does Malvonne find behind her refrigerator?
(a) A sack of stolen mail.
(b) An old diamond ring.
(c) A box of money.
(d) A coin collection.

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

13. Why do the Miller sisters call the police station repeatedly?
(a) They imagine they hear thieves in their home.
(b) As a way to keep Dorcas from misbehaving.
(c) They are crazy.
(d) To report restaurants serving alcohol.

14. What does Violet wear that makes her look crazy?
(a) An overcoat.
(b) Long stockings.
(c) Boots.
(d) A hat.

15. Who does Joe pray sends him a sign as he sits in the bushes?
(a) His mother.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) Violet.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe think about Violet's crazy episodes?

2. Why do Joe and Violet continue to dance standing in the train car?

3. Where does Dorcas insist Joe take her?

4. How much debt does Joe and Violet have on the land?

5. Which of the following are in Violet's apartment?

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