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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Violet do in response to her crazy episodes?

2. What does Violet wear that makes her look crazy?

3. Where does Violet go when she finds out about Joe's affair?

4. Why does True Belle send Violet to Palestine?

5. What happens the same day Dorcas's mother is burned in the house fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the death of Dorcas's mother.

2. Briefly describe the nature of Joe and Dorcas's relationship as described in Chapter Two.

3. In Chapter Five, what does Joe think of when he imagines Dorcas?

4. Describe the different things Joe and Violet see in the picture of Dorcas.

5. How does Violet learn more about Dorcas in Chapter One? What does she learn?

6. In Chapter One, how does the narrator describe Violet Trace?

7. Why is Violet known as "Violent" Trace in town?

8. Describe how Dorcas's mother dies.

9. Describe the relationship between Violet and Alice as presented in Chapter Three.

10. Describe Joe's recollection of the train ride to Maryland in Chapter Two.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the significance of Golden Gray in Violet's life. How does it affect her childhood as well as her marriage with Joe?

Essay Topic 2

How is Violet described in the initial portion of the novel? Do you think this is a fair description of Violet's character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Violet decide she never wants to have children? What impact does this have on her marriage? How does her desire to have children change throughout the book and why?

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