3. What does Dorcas rescue from her home as a small child?
(a) A photo album.
(b) She decides not to rescue anything.
(c) Her pet kitten.
(d) Her clothespin dolls.

4. What does Alice protect Dorcas from?
(a) Television.
(b) Racism.
(c) Seductive and violent music.
(d) Unhealthy habits.

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

6. What does Violet do when the cotton crop is harvested?
(a) She raises children.
(b) She becomes a teacher.
(c) She goes back to Virginia.
(d) She stays in the neighborhood and works for a family.

7. What happens to Dorcas's mother?
(a) She dies in a housefire.
(b) She runs away to Mexico.
(c) She is killed by a boyfriend.
(d) She gradually becomes insane.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Why doesn't Violet sleep at night?
(a) She is awakened by nightmares.
(b) Joe snores loudly.
(c) The birds are gone.
(d) She sleeps too much during the day.

14. Who attends the parade with Dorcas in 1917?
(a) Joe only.
(b) Alice Manfred.
(c) Joe and Violet.
(d) No one.

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