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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 is the reason Golden Gray comes to see Lestory?
(a) To invite his father to come live with him.
(b) To understand more about his heritage.
(c) To see how black he is.
(d) To ask his father for money.

2. What does Dorcas notice about Joe when he shoots her?
(a) He looks like her father.
(b) He looks insane.
(c) He is unrecognizable.
(d) He is crying.

3. What other girls are "after" Acton?
(a) All of them.
(b) A group of white girls.
(c) No other girls desire Acton.
(d) Dorcas's best friend, Felice.

4. Why do Joe and Violet go up on the roof together?
(a) To listen to music.
(b) To read a book.
(c) To jump off.
(d) To look at the stars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joe get a job at the speakeasy?

2. Where are Violet and her siblings living with their mother?

3. Who tells Golden Gray where his father lives?

4. What does True Belle hope Vera Louise does with the extra money her mother gives her?

5. When does Golden Gray find out who his father is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 10, why does Joe get a new job? Does this help his relationship with Violet?

6. Why doesn't Dorcas want anyone to call an ambulance for her after she is shot?

7. Describe the way True Belle's grandchildren are living when she comes to care for them in Chapter Six.

8. In Chapter Nine, how does Felice describe Dorcas?

9. Describe the way Felice obtains the ring, as presented by the narrator in Chapter Nine.

10. In Chapter Nine, why does Felice come to visit Violet and Joe?

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