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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be an accurate description as to how Laura is described in Chapter 3?
(a) Sad and homely.
(b) Attractive and sexual.
(c) Slovenly.
(d) Joyful and meek.

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

3. What might be a theme of this story symbolically portrayed in the final lines of this chapter?
(a) That wine and church do not mix.
(b) That one should suspect people who start churches without a license.
(c) The self-fueling obsession with pleasure can prevent awareness of opportunities for spiritual growth.
(d) That a bad motive can turn out positively.

4. What is ironic about Chicken-Crow-For-Day saying he has been washed clean and white by the love of God?
(a) Because no one believes God loves them.
(b) Because he is already white.
(c) Because they really don't expect God to be there.
(d) Because he is so dark skinned.

5. What is Laura planning?
(a) Her new sermons.
(b) To marry Buddy.
(c) Where her new dressing room will be.
(d) How to leverage Essie out of the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Essie think Laura should be thinking?

2. What does Laura do to gain the church space?

3. What does Chapter 6 describe?

4. For what does Laura say they need money?

5. Of what does Laura accuse Essie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the images of light and dark represent the way the white man Marty is involved behind the scenes in the church?

2. Why do you think the drums always stop just before Laura makes her entrance?

3. What do you think CJ's initial motives are in trying to get Marietta to make love with him and why do you think that changes?

4. Of what might the serpent with eyes that sparkle like diamonds in Chapter 11 be symbolic?

5. What is ironic about the name of the man Laura meets in Chapter 14?

6. How does Laura seem to have her moment of transformation as she comes to jail and confronts Essie?

7. How is the title of Chapter 28, "Cross to Bear" relevant to Buddy and Laura's relationship?

8. What do you think the reason is for Essie's pauses, the first of which we see in Chapter 2?

9. What do you think is the significance of the title to Chapter 29, "Apple of Evil"?

10. There are two things that Essie mentions that foreshadow future events. Name two possible things that foreshadow future events and what you think they might foreshadow.

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