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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 does Laura say Buddy is going to become?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her business manager.
(c) The new minister.
(d) Her bodyguard.

2. Over what do the women argue in Chapter 7?
(a) How to use the collection.
(b) Laura using the money for booze.
(c) Which Bible to buy.
(d) Laura ruining the church's reputation.

3. What does Chapter 6 describe?
(a) The pimp who threatens them for stealing his members.
(b) The first night the women go out to preach.
(c) The two women's contrasting appearances.
(d) It is a detailed description of the Bible they bought.

4. What are some of Laura's "rocks" for security?
(a) Men, the numbers, and liquor.
(b) The numbers, her daughter, and church.
(c) Church, her daughter, and liquor.
(d) Men, her daughter, and church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Essie joins in on the song?

2. What does Essie do after they are persuaded?

3. How does Laura picture Essie's role in the street corner church?

4. How does Essie describe the Bible she finds?

5. What does Laura think about the Lord's help?

(see the answer key)

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