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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 Golden Gray become drunk?
(a) He and Honor are sharing a case of beer.
(b) Lestory's corn liquor.
(c) The pregnant woman spikes his drink.
(d) He brings his own wine.

2. What does Lestory name the girl in his cabin?
(a) Wild.
(b) Fire.
(c) Loving.
(d) Secret.

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

4. Why do Felice and her mother go to Tiffany's?
(a) They are bored.
(b) To create an uproar in the store.
(c) To run errands for a white lady.
(d) To show that they can buy expensive jewelry.

5. What is the relationship between Felice, Joe, and Violet like after Dorcas's death?
(a) Felice moves in with Joe and Violet and the three become inseparable.
(b) Felice becomes a sort of foster daughter.
(c) Violet and Felice become best friends.
(d) Felice and Joe begin having an affair without Violet knowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Acton's appearance from Dorcas's point of view?

2. As Golden Gray approaches his father's house, what does he wish to do to his father?

3. What does Joe find near the cooking fire?

4. What reason does the ambulance staff give for their delayed arrival?

5. What does Golden Gray ask Lestory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vera Louise's mother do when she finds out Vera Louise is pregnant?

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

3. Describe the initial meeting between Golden Gray and his father in Chapter Seven.

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

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

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

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

8. What sorts of things to Joe and Violet do together once their relationship is renewed?

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

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

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