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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Boots reconcile his decision to let Junto have his way with Lutie?
(a) He thinks Junto deserves some happiness.
(b) He is afraid of Junto.
(c) He doesn't think Lutie is worth losing his lifestyle over.
(d) He is not really attracted to Lutie.

2. How does Boots respond to Lutie's question about how he's able to get gas for his car?
(a) He says that gas is not that hard to find.
(b) He says that if you pay the right price you can get gas.
(c) He says that she should mind her business.
(d) He says that he gets the gas from his father's auto shop.

3. What does Boots discover upon coming home from The Pullman?
(a) Jubilee kissing his father.
(b) Jubilee in tears.
(c) Jubilee packing her bags to leave.
(d) Jubilee sleeping with a white man.

4. Which behaviors describe what Jones does in Lutie's apartment?
(a) He fixes the light fixtures in her bathroom and checks the heating system.
(b) He watches television and helps himself to a beer.
(c) He smells her lipstick, crushes her blouse in his hands, and imagines drying her with towel.
(d) He washes her dishes, makes her bed, and mops her floor.

5. While washing her blouse and realizing Jones has been through her possessions, what is Lutie sure of?
(a) That she is deathly afraid of Jones.
(b) That she will not wear the blouse for a very long time.
(c) That she must confront Jones.
(d) That she misses her husband, Jim.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have Min's views on paying rent changed since the beginning of the book?

2. After witnessing a woman's pocketbook being stolen, what does Lutie think about the street?

3. Who is the white man that's interested in Lutie?

4. Which best describes Lutie's fears about Bub's and Lil's relationship?

5. Why does everyone stop to hear Lutie sing along with the jukebox?

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