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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 is Violet committed to gaining weight?
(a) She thinks it makes Joe feel sorry for her.
(b) She is trying to get the hips and backside she has as a young woman.
(c) She thinks it makes her look crazier.
(d) She wants to be admitted to the hospital.

2. Why does Joe want to stay near Dorcas after he shoots her?
(a) He wants her to die in his arms.
(b) He wants to be arrested and taken to prison.
(c) He doesn't want anyone else to touch her.
(d) He wants her to keep from falling.

3. What does Joe think about Violet's crazy episodes?
(a) He thinks they are incredibly annoying.
(b) He ignores them completely.
(c) He thinks they are charming.
(d) He does not know about them.

4. What does Joe think about Adam and the Garden of Eden?
(a) He thinks Adam is incredibly stupid.
(b) He thinks the apple is worth the expulsion.
(c) He thinks it is all a made-up story.
(d) He thinks Eve should never offer the fruit.

5. How much debt does Joe and Violet have on the land?
(a) $1,800.00.
(b) $180.00.
(c) It is not clear.
(d) $20,000.00.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Violet Dorcas's address?

2. What does Joe wipe his tears with?

3. Why is Dorcas rejected by teenage boys her own age?

4. Where do Dorcas's clothespin dolls lay?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the death of Dorcas's mother.

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

3. Describe how Dorcas's mother dies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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