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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument is constantly played during the parade?
(a) Drums.
(b) Flute.
(c) Tuba.
(d) Trumpet.

2. Where does Violet go when she finds out about Joe's affair?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Under their bed.
(c) To her mother's house.
(d) The funeral parlor.

3. Who adopts Joe at birth?
(a) True Belle.
(b) Violet's parents.
(c) Rhoda and Frank Williams.
(d) Rose Dear.

4. When does Alice realize Dorcas and Joe are having an affair?
(a) The first night Dorcas and Joe meet.
(b) Thanksgiving dinner.
(c) After Dorcas is dead.
(d) Never.

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

6. Who sits on every street corner, according to the author?
(a) Blues musicians.
(b) Young prostitutes.
(c) Single mothers.
(d) Blind beggars.

7. What does Violet's father bring the children when he visits?
(a) Toys.
(b) Candy.
(c) Puppies.
(d) Books.

8. 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.

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

10. Who does Alice eventually allow to come visit her at home?
(a) Felice.
(b) Violet.
(c) Dorcas's pet dog.
(d) Joe.

11. Why does Joe begin to feel distanced from Violet?
(a) She tells him she wants to get a divorce.
(b) She is having an extramarital affair.
(c) He senses that she longs for a child.
(d) She begins to drink excessively.

12. What does Joe think of when he imagines Dorcas?
(a) A strong axe.
(b) A newborn cat.
(c) A sweet apple.
(d) A babydoll.

13. In the beginning of the book, why does Joe say he shoots Dorcas?
(a) He wants to capture her forever.
(b) She tries to rob him.
(c) He is trying to shoot someone else.
(d) He wants to keep the feeling of love going.

14. What does Joe think about Adam and the Garden of Eden?
(a) He thinks Eve should never offer the fruit.
(b) He thinks Adam is incredibly stupid.
(c) He thinks it is all a made-up story.
(d) He thinks the apple is worth the expulsion.

15. What does Violet envision Joe giving Dorcas?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Chinese food.
(c) An adopted baby.
(d) Underwear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the 1917 parade protesting?

2. Why doesn't a fire truck intervene during the house fire in Dorcas's home?

3. What does Violet find in the bottom of the parrot's cage?

4. Who rents Joe and Dorcas a bedroom once a week?

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

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