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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of business does Mrs. Hedges run?
(a) A whorehouse.
(b) A hair salon.
(c) A bootleg liquor operation.
(d) A daycare.

2. Why is Lutie so adamant about moving?
(a) Lutie wants to get Bub away from Lil who drinks and smokes.
(b) Bub has been accepted to a new school.
(c) Lutie has just received a raise and wants a bigger place.
(d) She hates her neighborhood.

3. As she exists the train on her way to the butcher shop, how does Lutie account for many of her problems?
(a) Lutie feels like all of her problems would fade if she had more money.
(b) Lutie feels like her problems are only temporary.
(c) Lutie blames most of her problems on her husband.
(d) Lutie feels like the majority of her problems have to do with Bub.

4. Where do Lutie and Bub currently live?
(a) With Lutie's father and his girlfriend, Lil.
(b) In Lutie's employer's basement.
(c) In an apartment by themselves.
(d) With Min and Jones.

5. How does Lutie feel about Mrs. Chandler?
(a) She thinks Mrs. Chandler is an unattractive woman.
(b) She believes Mrs. Chandler is nice but that she lacks interest in her family.
(c) She thinks Mrs. Chandler is not very intelligent.
(d) She thinks Mrs. Chandler is heavily medicated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of peace offering does Lutie offer Bub after slapping him?

2. What terrible event did Lutie witness on Christmas Day at the Chandlers'?

3. How might the relationship between Mrs. Chandler and Lutie be described?

4. Which character is the first to be introduced?

5. What disturbs Lutie about the woman sitting at the open window at the apartment building?

(see the answer key)

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