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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23, 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do CJ and Marietta want to do after the church service?
(a) Go to the movies.
(b) Go to the Jazz festival.
(c) Go get hamburgers.
(d) Go to some friends' home for board games.

2. What does Essie want to discuss with Laura?
(a) Taking the bus to Brooklyn to visit Essie's mother.
(b) Getting a preaching license from city hall.
(c) The idea for the church.
(d) Bringing Essie's daughter there.

3. Where do Buddy and Laura go?
(a) Out for a night of drinking.
(b) To Laura's apartment.
(c) To the City Hall to get a preaching license.
(d) To the bus station to pick up Essie's daughter.

4. What scheme does Buddy suggest for making more money?
(a) Selling prayer shawls from "Jerusalem."
(b) Cutting back on the bribes to the police.
(c) Telling the congregation that Essie is dying and needs help.
(d) Giving potential gambling numbers during the preaching.

5. What literary technique is used after the description of the tambourine being passed?
(a) An alliteration.
(b) A flashback.
(c) A metaphor.
(d) An allegory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Essie's response to Laura's suggestion on buying the Bible?

2. When Laura encourages Essie, what does Essie do?

3. What is Laura planning?

4. How does Buddy describe Marty?

5. What does the clerk give Essie when she pays off the Bible?

(see the answer key)

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