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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does Lutie have on Jones?
(a) She makes him long for home.
(b) She makes him see the importance of having a wife.
(c) She makes him realize he doesn't love Min.
(d) She makes him more aware of his lonliness.

2. What did Jones tell the police about Mrs. Hedges?
(a) He told them that she had killed a woman.
(b) He told them that she was running a house of ill repute.
(c) He told them that she was a drug dealer.
(d) He told them that she had kidnapped a neighborhood child.

3. What does Lutie assume the super has done to the dog as she leaves the apartment?
(a) Lutie assumes the super let the dog out to use the bathroom.
(b) Lutie assumes the super kicked the dog again as he did when Lutie first rang his doorbell.
(c) Lutie assumes the super begins playing with the dog.
(d) Lutie assumes the super goes to feed the dog.

4. As the story begins, what is Lutie looking at?
(a) Children playing in the street.
(b) An apartment for rent.
(c) Her reflection in a window.
(d) A house for sale.

5. Which choice best illustrates the setting of the book?
(a) New York City on a hot and humid day in June of 1944.
(b) Brooklyn on a cold and windy day in November of 1944.
(c) New York City on a cold and windy day in November of 1944.
(d) New York City on a stormy night in November of 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which literary element does the author use to give the wind its power?

2. What do Mrs. Chandler's mother and her white friends seem to believe about black women?

3. How does Jones feel about Mrs. Hedges?

4. Why did Lutie limit her visits home when working for the Chandlers?

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

(see the answer key)

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