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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. Why does Laura want to start a church?
(a) To please God.
(b) To be able to be on display.
(c) To save souls.
(d) To make money.

2. What becomes the two women's church?
(a) The train station.
(b) Essie's apartment.
(c) The local Methodist chapel.
(d) The first floor in an old brownstone.

3. What does Laura suggest about Marietta?
(a) That Marietta is seeing Buddy on the sly.
(b) That Essie try to get CJ to propose marriage.
(c) That she be sent back to the South to protect her morals.
(d) That Marietta is as loose as Laura is.

4. What does Laura say about Essie that is hurtful?
(a) That Essie is overweight.
(b) That Essie only cares about others and not Laura.
(c) That Essie can't sing.
(d) That Essie doesn't care about bringing her daughter there.

5. What do they name the new church in the theater?
(a) The Reed Sister's Praise and Gospel Hour.
(b) The LE Praise and Gospel Hour.
(c) The Reed Sisters'Tambourine Temple.
(d) L & E's singin' and praisin'.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money have they accumulated at the opening of Chapter 13?

2. When do the women actually start preaching?

3. Why does Laura's resentment to Birdie Lee vanish?

4. What sound is heard outside as Buddy and Laura talk?

5. What could the wine glass symbolize as far as Laura's character?

(see the answer key)

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