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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Alice Manfred do for a living?
(a) Cleans wealthy people's homes.
(b) She is a nurse for a black doctor.
(c) She is a seamstress.
(d) Cooks in a nearby restaurant.

5. What does Malvonne do for a living?
(a) Runs a daycare.
(b) Cleans offices.
(c) Delivers newspapers.
(d) Cooks for neighbors.

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

7. Why doesn't a fire truck intervene during the house fire in Dorcas's home?
(a) It is out of gas.
(b) All the firemen are on strike.
(c) It is waiting for a fire in a white neighborhood.
(d) It is broken down.

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

9. What is True Belle's relationship to Violet?
(a) She is Violet's grandmother.
(b) She is Violet's nanny.
(c) She is Violet's school teacher.
(d) She is Violet's older sister.

10. What does Joe take with him to the park?
(a) A sandwich and his gun.
(b) His walking cane.
(c) A picture of Dorcas.
(d) His sample case of cosmetics.

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

12. Who moves to Chicago?
(a) Sweetness, Malvonne's nephew.
(b) Violet.
(c) Rose Dear.
(d) True Belle.

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

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

15. Why does Joe begin tracking Dorcas down with a gun?
(a) He is slowly going insane and is having delusions.
(b) He thinks she is trying to kill him.
(c) He finds out she is cheating on him.
(d) He never wants the sweet taste of the apple to end.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the white men refer to the best hunter?

2. What is Joe selling when he meets Dorcas?

3. What does Dorcas put on Joe's hands?

4. Who does Dorcas stay with when Alice goes to work?

5. How does Violet decide to get back at Joe?

(see the answer keys)

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