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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Violet committed to gaining weight?
(a) She thinks it makes her look crazier.
(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 Joe feel sorry for her.

3. What does Joe buy Dorcas the first day they meet?
(a) Peppermint candy.
(b) A dress.
(c) Beer.
(d) A horse.

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

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

6. What does Dorcas put on Joe's hands?
(a) Aloe vera.
(b) Butter and sugar.
(c) Cream and clear nail polish.
(d) White paint.

7. Where do Dorcas's clothespin dolls lay?
(a) Within an old oak tree.
(b) In a cigar box.
(c) Under her pillow.
(d) On the floor of the burnt-down home.

8. What does Violet find in the bottom of the parrot's cage?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A knife.
(d) A pen.

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

10. What does the author suppose Violet does while Joe is looking out the window and crying?
(a) Put her arms around him and comfort him.
(b) Set his hair on fire.
(c) Pack up her belongings and leave.
(d) Cook breakfast for him.

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

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

13. What does Joe not recall from his early days with Violet?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Specific dates.
(c) The dresses that she wears.
(d) What they buy as a couple.

14. What happens to Violet after she attacks Dorcas's body?
(a) She loses her affinity for violence.
(b) She feels split into two people.
(c) She is arrested and tried.
(d) She becomes more compassionate.

15. How does Violet decide to get back at Joe?
(a) Kill his pet dog.
(b) Have an affair in their home.
(c) Leave Joe forever.
(d) Become pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Violet sleep at night?

2. Where does Dorcas insist Joe take her?

3. What is True Belle's relationship to Violet?

4. Who adopts Joe at birth?

5. What does Violet see in Dorcas's picture?

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