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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. During what season does Violet return the photo to Alice?

2. Why is Felice's ring so special to her?

3. Who else is at the party with Dorcas and Acton?

4. What does Golden Gray ask Lestory?

5. What, in Dorcas's mind, is wrong with Joe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dorcas break up with Joe?

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator describe Acton?

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

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

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

9. Describe the way True Belle's grandchildren are living when she comes to care for them in Chapter Six.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is significant about Dorcas's clothespin dolls? What role do they play throughout Dorcas's life? Why do you think Morrison chooses this particular symbol?

Essay Topic 3

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

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