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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30, 31 and 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Laura see Buddy as he is coming out of the shower?
(a) Hard and strong and sexy.
(b) As a man past his prime.
(c) As getting a little flabby.
(d) As handsome as the day they met.

2. When does Marietta come to live with Essie?
(a) When she is 15.
(b) After college.
(c) After finishing high school.
(d) After her junior year of high school.

3. 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) Comparing memories of the Palm Sundays, Easters, and church-going habits of their childhoods.
(d) At a horse race.

4. What does the clerk give Essie when she pays off the Bible?
(a) A picture of Jesus.
(b) A wall hanging saying GOD BLESS THIS HOME.
(c) A picture of the last supper.
(d) A bookmark with the 23rd Psalm on it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Laura's robes like?

2. What happens when Buddy speaks crudely about how young the "bitch" is?

3. How do Laura and Essie react to Buddy's obvious attraction to Marietta?

4. About what is Essie worried?

5. How often does Essie go to church?

(see the answer key)

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