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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. How does Violet meet Joe?
(a) They go on a blind date.
(b) They are both lost while trying to get to Chicago.
(c) They grow up in the same church together.
(d) He falls out of tree she is sleeping under.

2. What happens the same day Dorcas's mother is burned in the house fire?
(a) She is arrested by the police for murder.
(b) Dorcas's father is killed during a race riot.
(c) Dorcas is fired from her job.
(d) She overdoses on medication.

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

4. What type of Dorcas's makeup does Violet find out about?
(a) Powder.
(b) Mascara.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) Eyeshadow.

5. What do Violet and Joe do all night the first time they meet?
(a) Eat.
(b) Dance.
(c) Fight.
(d) Talk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Violet do in response to her crazy episodes?

3. What does Joe think about Violet's crazy episodes?

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

5. What does Violet see in Dorcas's picture?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Alice try to protect Dorcas?

2. Describe what Violet does with the picture of Dorcas in Chapter One.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter Four, why does True Belle come to Virginia to care for her grandchildren?

(see the answer keys)

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