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

2. Why is Felice's ring so special to her?
(a) Her first husband buys it for her.
(b) Her mother gives it to her.
(c) It is the only thing of monetary value she owns.
(d) It symbolizes her friendship with Dorcas.

3. What, in Dorcas's mind, is wrong with Joe?
(a) He has no musical talent.
(b) He adores Dorcas, no matter what she does.
(c) He is cognitively impaired.
(d) He has no sensitive side.

4. What does Acton do before seeking medical care for Dorcas?
(a) Kisses her.
(b) Cleans the blood off his jacket.
(c) Runs after her attacker.
(d) Drinks another beer.

5. Who does Dorcas tell her friends attacks her?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Joe.
(c) Her father.
(d) She does not tell them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alice move back to Springfield?

2. Who tells Felice and her mother they must stop trying on rings?

3. Who does Joe think is his mother?

4. When does Dorcas say she reveals the true attacker?

5. What does Rose tell people about why her husband leaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 10, why does Alice Manfred move back to Springfield? What do you think is the real reason she moves back to Springfield?

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

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

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

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

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

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