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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Violet described by the author?
(a) Chubby and pleasant.
(b) Skinny and over fifty.
(c) Wrinkly and harsh.
(d) Attractive and haunting.

2. What does the green and yellow parrot repeat?
(a) "Please help me".
(b) "You're the best man I ever met".
(c) "You're an angel".
(d) "I love you".

3. What is Joe selling when he meets Dorcas?
(a) Brooms.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Encyclopedias.
(d) Cosmetics.

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

5. What does Joe think about Violet's crazy episodes?
(a) He thinks they are charming.
(b) He thinks they are incredibly annoying.
(c) He does not know about them.
(d) He ignores them completely.

6. Where does Violet put the picture of Dorcas?
(a) On the front door.
(b) Under Joe's pillow.
(c) On the mantel.
(d) In the oven.

7. Why does Malvonne want to make sure the young black girl's letter gets to the law school?
(a) She is afraid the girl has to get a low-paying job instead.
(b) The young black girl is Malvonne's daughter.
(c) She is afraid she is reported for having stolen mail.
(d) She is threatened by the police.

8. 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.

9. How does Alice describe Dorcas?
(a) Ugly but pleasant.
(b) Plain but fun-loving.
(c) Beautiful but hardheaded.
(d) Funny but quiet.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How long does it take for Joe and Violet to pay off the debt on their farm?
(a) Six months.
(b) They never pay it off.
(c) Five years.
(d) Twenty-two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Civic Daughters planning when Joe delivers the cosmetics?

2. What does Joe think of when he imagines Dorcas?

3. Who understands, like Joe, what it feels like to feel nothing inside?

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

5. Who sits on every street corner, according to the author?

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