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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 Golden Gray do before caring for the naked woman?
(a) He finds a doctor.
(b) He cooks a meal and eats it.
(c) He starts a fire and boils hot water for tea.
(d) He cares for his horses and changes clothes.

2. What does Joe find near the cooking fire?
(a) A dress, a doll, and a cigar case.
(b) Rope, wood, nails, and a hammer.
(c) Knives and guns.
(d) Flour, sugar, and water.

3. What does Lestory find when he gets back to his cabin?
(a) Golden Gray is passed out in the corner.
(b) His posessions are stolen.
(c) His house is on fire.
(d) Honor is washing blood off the girl's face.

4. What does Golden Gray ask Lestory?
(a) Why he finds Golden Gray's mother so attractive.
(b) Why he is still single.
(c) Why he never loves Golden Gray's mother.
(d) Why Lestory never tries to contact him.

5. How does the author describe Acton's appearance from Dorcas's point of view?
(a) He is tall and athletic.
(b) He is handsome and his hair has no gray in it.
(c) He is plain-looking, but has thick hair.
(d) There is no description of Acton's physical appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golden Gray cover the woman's body with?

2. What is the name of the speakeasy where Joe gets a job?

3. What other girls are "after" Acton?

4. How does Henry say one knows when Wild is near?

5. What are Dorcas's last words?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, why does the narrator say Dorcas is getting tired of Joe?

2. Describe what Joe and Violet do together at night in Chapter 10.

3. What happens to the cotton plantation thirteen years after Golden Gray confronts his father?

4. In Chapter Eight, what does Dorcas notice about Joe?

5. In Chapter 10, why do Joe and Violet often go to the roof? What do they do up there together?

6. In Chapter Seven, why does Joe think Wild is his own mother?

7. Describe what Golden Gray sees in the forest as he approaches his father's cabin in Chapter Six.

8. Describe Vera Louise's father's reaction when he is told Vera Louise is pregnant.

9. In Chapter Seven, what does Henry Lestory find when he gets back to his cabin?

10. Describe the relationship between True Belle and Golden Gray.

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