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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 is the name of the speakeasy where Joe gets a job?
2. What reason does the ambulance staff give for their delayed arrival?
3. How does Henry say one knows when Wild is near?
4. Who does Joe think is his mother?
5. What other girls are "after" Acton?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the way Dorcas is feeling at the party in the beginning of Chapter Eight.
2. In Chapter Nine, why does Felice come to visit Violet and Joe?
3. In Chapter 10, why does Joe get a new job? Does this help his relationship with Violet?
4. Why does Dorcas break up with Joe?
5. In Chapter Nine, how does Felice describe Dorcas?
6. Describe what Joe and Violet do together at night in Chapter 10.
7. Describe the initial meeting between Golden Gray and his father in Chapter Seven.
8. In Chapter Seven, why does Joe think Wild is his own mother?
9. Describe the birthing scene of the naked black girl in Chapter Seven.
10. What does Vera Louise's mother do when she finds out Vera Louise is pregnant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Briefly summarize the incident when Malvonne finds the mail behind the refrigerator. What does she do in response? Why does she spend time doing these sorts of things, and what irony do you find in the events?
Essay Topic 2
The mothers of Violet, Joe, and Dorcas die tragically, abandon their children, or kill themselves. Why do you think Morrison includes this similarity between these three characters? What does the loss of one's mother symbolize? Do you think it effectively unites the characters, or does it pull them apart?
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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