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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. What does Malvonne include in the letter from Hot Steam to Daddy Sage?
(a) An article about adultery.
(b) A Bible passage.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Violet's phone number.

2. Who does Alice eventually allow to come visit her at home?
(a) Violet.
(b) Felice.
(c) Dorcas's pet dog.
(d) Joe.

3. Who tells Violet Dorcas's address?
(a) True Belle.
(b) Joe.
(c) Alice.
(d) Malvonne.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does Joe and Violet move to the city?

2. What happens when Dorcas eats candy?

3. What does Joe not recall from his early days with Violet?

4. Why doesn't a fire truck intervene during the house fire in Dorcas's home?

5. What is Joe selling when he meets Dorcas?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Four, how does the narrator describe the way Violet feels after she attacks Dorcas's body?

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter Five, how does the author describe Harlem in the springtime?

7. Describe how Dorcas's mother dies.

8. Describe the different things Joe and Violet see in the picture of Dorcas.

9. In Chapter Two, what reason does the narrator give for Joe killing Dorcas?

10. What is the story the narrator gives behind Joe's last name?

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