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

2. Why does Dorcas have to be careful about how she looks and acts around Acton?
(a) He demoralizes her and hit her.
(b) He moves on to another girl.
(c) He suspects she is not really in love with him.
(d) He has the power to make or break her career.

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

4. What does Felice's mother have to show in order for her to be able to go inside the store?
(a) The amount of cash in her wallet.
(b) Her driver's license.
(c) A note from a white person.
(d) A picture of her employer.

5. What sort of person does Dorcas want to be with?
(a) Someone funny and generous.
(b) Someone young and admirable.
(c) Someone sweet and caring.
(d) Someone older and refined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real reason the ambulance is delayed?

2. What does Joe hear in the woods after fishing?

3. Why does Felice's mother end up stealing the ring?

4. Why do Felice and her mother go to Tiffany's?

5. Who ends up calling an ambulance for Dorcas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the ambulance takes such a long time to come help Dorcas? What excuses do they give?

2. Why does Dorcas break up with Joe?

3. Describe Acton's reaction to the shooting of Dorcas in Chapter Eight.

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

5. Describe the birthing scene of the naked black girl in Chapter Seven.

6. Describe what Violet sees when she first spots Felice in Chapter Nine.

7. Describe the way Dorcas is feeling at the party in the beginning of Chapter Eight.

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

9. What is your understanding of the relationship between Joe, Violet, and Felice in Chapters Nine and Ten?

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

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