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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lestory find when he gets back to his cabin?
(a) Honor is washing blood off the girl's face.
(b) His house is on fire.
(c) His posessions are stolen.
(d) Golden Gray is passed out in the corner.

2. As Golden Gray approaches his father's house, what does he wish to do to his father?
(a) Threaten him with his gun.
(b) Hug him and make amends.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Fight him.

3. What does Felice tell the Traces about Dorcas?
(a) She is always getting others into trouble.
(b) She has the best of intentions.
(c) She has no true style.
(d) She is innocent and sweet.

4. What does True Belle sew to the hem of her dress?
(a) A picture of her daughter.
(b) Her fine silver.
(c) A one-dollar bill.
(d) Twenty-two years' wages.

5. How is Felice related to Dorcas?
(a) They are sisters.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are best friends.
(d) They never know each other.

6. Who doesn't want an ambulance to be called after Joe shot Dorcas?
(a) Alice.
(b) Violet.
(c) Dorcas.
(d) Felice.

7. What day of the week does Violet invite Felice to dinner?
(a) The narrator does not tell us.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Tuesday.

8. Who else is at the party with Dorcas and Acton?
(a) Acton's parents.
(b) Political figures.
(c) Wealthy black folk.
(d) Other young adults.

9. Who does True Belle constantly describe to Violet?
(a) Violet's mother.
(b) Golden Gray.
(c) Her dead husband.
(d) Joe.

10. How does Henry say one knows when Wild is near?
(a) The sky turns bright white.
(b) The ladybugs start buzzing.
(c) Several redwings congregate in one spot.
(d) It begins to rain.

11. What is Felice's response to Violet's invitation?
(a) She ignores Violet.
(b) She says she never eats Violet's food.
(c) She hugs Violet.
(d) She accepts.

12. What reason does the ambulance staff give for their delayed arrival?
(a) Traffic.
(b) Ice.
(c) Thunderstorms.
(d) They do not give a reason.

13. What do Joe or Violet do after supper near the end of the story?
(a) Call their parents.
(b) Play poker.
(c) Wash dishes.
(d) Go for a walk.

14. What is the relationship between Felice, Joe, and Violet like after Dorcas's death?
(a) Violet and Felice become best friends.
(b) Felice and Joe begin having an affair without Violet knowing.
(c) Felice moves in with Joe and Violet and the three become inseparable.
(d) Felice becomes a sort of foster daughter.

15. Why does Dorcas hope Joe comes looking for her after she breaks up with him?
(a) So they make up.
(b) She he is jealous and starts a fight.
(c) So he understands her decision.
(d) So he realizes she is happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Joe about Dorcas's last words?

2. What is the true reason Dorcas breaks up with Joe?

3. How much money is True Belle's savings worth?

4. When does the ambulance arrive to help Dorcas?

5. What does Joe hear in the woods after fishing?

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