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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as they pass the tambourine?
(a) It is broken by accident.
(b) It quickly fills with money.
(c) It is dumped along with its money into the sewer grate.
(d) It is stolen.

2. Who does the painting of Adam resemble in Laura's imagination?
(a) Lanston Hughes.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Joe Louis.
(d) Martin Luther King.

3. What does Essie think Laura should be thinking?
(a) Of how they are going to keep the authorities from interferring.
(b) Of how to get the people to donate more money.
(c) Of the future.
(d) Of the souls they're saving with their preaching.

4. What does Chicken-Crow-For-Day throw out the window?
(a) His throws his pistol and knife.
(b) A quarter.
(c) His bottle of whiskey.
(d) His shoes because they have walked tainted streets.

5. What are Essie and Laura doing at the opening of this novel?
(a) Eating at Dewdrop diner.
(b) Smoking on the stoop of the apartment.
(c) At a horse race.
(d) Comparing memories of the Palm Sundays, Easters, and church-going habits of their childhoods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Essie's imaginings lead her to do?

2. What does Laura think Essie will think of Buddy and Laura's plan?

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

4. What does Essie watch while they are preaching and singing?

5. What scheme does Buddy suggest for making more money?

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