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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Joe when the plantation burns?
(a) An infant.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Fifty-two.

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

4. What sort of birth does the naked pregnant girl have?
(a) The girl leaves the cabin while she is in labor, so the reader doesn't know.
(b) An easy, short one.
(c) A difficult one.
(d) An uneventful one.

5. When does the ambulance arrive to help Dorcas?
(a) The morning after she is shot.
(b) One hour after it is called.
(c) Five minutes after it is called.
(d) Several days after she dies.

6. Who ends up calling an ambulance for Dorcas?
(a) Dorcas.
(b) Joe.
(c) Felice.
(d) Acton.

7. How much money is True Belle's savings worth?
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) Ten golden eagle dollars.
(c) A boullion of gold.
(d) A pound of silver.

8. Why does Joe get a job at the speakeasy?
(a) So he remembers the times he spends with Dorcas.
(b) Because Felice is also working there.
(c) So he spends time with Violet in the afternoons.
(d) So he earns lots of extra tips.

9. Why does Dorcas like Acton better than Joe?
(a) He is rich and talented.
(b) He doesn't abuse her like Joe.
(c) He is more handsome and funnier.
(d) He is young and has power over her.

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

11. What does Lestory say in response to Golden Gray?
(a) He falls down and faints.
(b) He cries and embraces Golden Gray.
(c) He doesn't know he has a child.
(d) He wants Golden Gray to leave his property as soon as possible.

12. Where are Violet and her siblings living with their mother?
(a) In an abandoned shack.
(b) In a treehouse.
(c) In the basement of an occupied home.
(d) In an old motel.

13. Who tells Felice and her mother they must stop trying on rings?
(a) The president of Tiffany's.
(b) A white man in a nice suit.
(c) Felice's father.
(d) A little girl.

14. Why does Felice's mother end up stealing the ring?
(a) To show Felice's father that she has courage.
(b) To get even with the white man.
(c) She plans to sell it for cash.
(d) Because she is angry with the little girl.

15. Why does Dorcas think she is falling at the party?
(a) She is in love with Acton.
(b) She has too much to drink.
(c) Someone trips her.
(d) She does not know why.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Felice say Dorcas does for Acton?

2. What does Rose tell people about why her husband leaves?

3. What does Golden Gray call Lestory when he sees him?

4. What does Lestory name the girl in his cabin?

5. What does Joe find near the cooking fire?

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