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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26 and 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Essie do after they are persuaded?
(a) Gets on her knees and prays.
(b) Calls to the neighbors to tell them.
(c) Starts dancing and singing gospel songs.
(d) Hugs Laura.

2. What is Essie's response to Laura's suggestion on buying the Bible?
(a) She is hesitant but knows it's the only way.
(b) She thinks it's a great idea.
(c) She will take money out of her welfare payments because she does not want to start a church on gambling profits.
(d) She faints.

3. Who starts a church a few blocks from where Essie and Laura sit?
(a) An ex-cop.
(b) An active drug dealer.
(c) A reformed pimp.
(d) A reformed alcoholic.

4. As Laura leaves, what is she hoping?
(a) To win the next ten thousand dollar pot at the tracks.
(b) That Essie will reconsider.
(c) That a favorite of her many men friends will visit that night.
(d) That Essie doesn't bring her daughter there.

5. Why does Laura hire an artist?
(a) To paint murals of a black Adam and Eve and other Biblical scenes.
(b) To sketch line drawings of Biblical scenes on the pews.
(c) To do a portrait of Laura to hang in the church.
(d) To inscribe the name of the church on a piece of slate.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Marietta come to live with Essie?

2. What is Birdie Lee going to get?

3. What is ironic about Chicken-Crow-For-Day saying he has been washed clean and white by the love of God?

4. How does Essie describe the Bible she finds?

5. What does Laura say Buddy is going to become?

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