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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is evicted to make room for the church?
(a) Some men moved in from the bowery.
(b) Some drifters.
(c) A Southern family.
(d) Some rejects from Blecker Street.

2. What do Laura and Buddy believe about Essie?
(a) That she is becoming too holy.
(b) That she actually believes what Laura preaches.
(c) That she is embezzling money from the church.
(d) That she is keeping others from buying the holy water.

3. Of what do they persuade each other?
(a) That the devil inspired them.
(b) That God inspired them.
(c) That it is a foolish pipe dream.
(d) That the idea could work.

4. Why does Laura say she's going to put her purse in Essie's coat pocket?
(a) To keep it safe.
(b) To hide it from CJ.
(c) So Laura doesn't leave it in the church again like last night.
(d) So Essie can get some money out of it for subway fare.

5. Why does Laura threaten Buddy?
(a) Because she doesn't want him to hurt Marietta.
(b) Because she thinks he plans to let Marty take over the church.
(c) Because he borrowed some money from her and has not paid it back.
(d) Because she is jealous that he is trying to seduce Marietta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buddy shout out?

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

3. How is the church a few blocks away doing?

4. What does Essie wish she had stopped Laura from doing?

5. What might be a theme of this story symbolically portrayed in the final lines of this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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