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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Joe and Violet continue to dance standing in the train car?
(a) They aren't hungry.
(b) They do not want to be separated by the table.
(c) They do not want to lose their places.
(d) They are afraid to sit down for fear they are punished.

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

3. Why doesn't a fire truck intervene during the house fire in Dorcas's home?
(a) All the firemen are on strike.
(b) It is waiting for a fire in a white neighborhood.
(c) It is broken down.
(d) It is out of gas.

4. Where does Dorcas insist Joe take her?
(a) A jazz club.
(b) The zoo.
(c) New York City.
(d) The beauty parlor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Violet try to do to Dorcas's face?

2. How does Rose Dear eventually die?

3. Who lives with Joe on Lenox Avenue?

4. Where does Violet stop to have two malts?

5. Who does Dorcas cry for during her mother's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the time Joe sees Dorcas for the very first time.

2. Describe the first time Joe officially meets Dorcas.

3. Describe the series of thoughts in Joe's mind the night he shoots Dorcas in Chapter Five.

4. Why is Violet known as "Violent" Trace in town?

5. In Chapter Two, what does Joe tell Dorcas that he never tells Violet?

6. In Chapter One, how does the narrator describe Violet Trace?

7. Describe Joe's recollection of the train ride to Maryland in Chapter Two.

8. How does Violet learn more about Dorcas in Chapter One? What does she learn?

9. Describe Violet's "crazy episodes" as they are presented in Chapter One.

10. Describe the relationship between Alice Manfred and Dorcas.

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