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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 are Laura's robes like?
(a) Brightly colored.
(b) Tailor cut.
(c) White for purity.
(d) Drab.

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

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

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 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura discover after she has talked about her life for some time?

2. Of what does Essie say there will be none?

3. What does Essie think Laura should be thinking?

4. Why does Laura want to start a church?

5. What does Essie watch while they are preaching and singing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What truth do you think Birdie Lee might reveal in the future as foreshadowed in Chapter 19?

2. What does Laura tell Essie about Marietta and CJ and why do you think she does so?

3. Which woman would you support in the argument about what to do with their first 2,000 dollars and why?

4. How does the relationship between CJ and Marietta compare to that of Laura and Buddy in Chapters 26 and 27?

5. Why do you think the author has Buddy proposing that the fake holy water they are selling be said to be water from the River Jordan?

6. Do you believe Buddy really is upset that Essie does seem to believe his conversion is sincere?

7. What is ironic about Laura's thoughts about Buddy in Chapter 30?

8. What do you think is the significance of the title, "Judas in Scarlett"?

9. What do you think is the significance of Chapter 11's title "Ethiopian Eden"?

10. Do you think Essie's journey towards spiritual enlightenment is helped or hindered by being thrown into jail?

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