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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 the Miller sisters call the police station repeatedly?
(a) To report restaurants serving alcohol.
(b) As a way to keep Dorcas from misbehaving.
(c) They are crazy.
(d) They imagine they hear thieves in their home.

2. What does Violet see in Dorcas's picture?
(a) A sweet, beautiful woman.
(b) A friendly, mature girl.
(c) A stubborn girl needing a haircut.
(d) An angry, disturbed teenager.

3. Why does Joe begin to feel distanced from Violet?
(a) She is having an extramarital affair.
(b) She tells him she wants to get a divorce.
(c) He senses that she longs for a child.
(d) She begins to drink excessively.

4. Where does Violet stop to have two malts?
(a) The drugstore.
(b) A jazz club.
(c) The local bar.
(d) Her home.

5. What does Violet steal during one of her crazy episodes?
(a) A television.
(b) A baby.
(c) Candy.
(d) Knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is True Belle's relationship to Violet?

2. What happens to Violet's mother after her father leaves the family?

3. Why is Joe jealous of the young men on the street?

4. Why does Joe want to stay near Dorcas after he shoots her?

5. Who does Joe pray sends him a sign as he sits in the bushes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Two, recount the surprise that Malvonne finds behind her refrigerator and her response to it.

2. In Chapter Four, how does Violet imagine Joe's relationship with Dorcas?

3. Describe the relationship between Violet and Alice as presented in Chapter Three.

4. How does the narrator describe the scene in which Violet attacks Dorcas's body?

5. Why do Joe and Violet fall into such deep debt in Chapter Five?

6. Briefly describe the nature of Joe and Dorcas's relationship as described in Chapter Two.

7. Describe the relationship between Alice Manfred and Dorcas.

8. Describe how Dorcas's mother dies.

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

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

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