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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 the girl do to Lestory?

2. Who does True Belle constantly describe to Violet?

3. Why does Alice move back to Springfield?

4. What sort of present does Acton buy Dorcas?

5. What is Felice's response to Violet's invitation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter Seven, how does Henry say you can always find Wild?

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

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

8. Why does Dorcas break up with Joe?

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

10. How does the narrator describe Acton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Felice has a strong attachment to the ring Dorcas is buried wearing. What does the ring signify, and why is it so important to Felice? What greater concepts are initiated in the story about the ring?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Violet and Dorcas. How are their lives different? How are the characters the same?

Essay Topic 3

How is racism explored and conveyed in Morrison's work? Why do you think Morrison writes about it in this way?

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