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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rumor is going around about Buddy?
(a) That he is dating another woman.
(b) That he is dying.
(c) That he is in cahoots with the police.
(d) That he is in jail for rape.

2. How do Laura and Essie react to Buddy's obvious attraction to Marietta?
(a) Laura becomes jealous, and Essie becomes protective.
(b) They are amused.
(c) They both think it's ridiculous.
(d) They decide to watch Buddy carefully around her.

3. What happens when Buddy speaks crudely about how young the "bitch" is?
(a) Laura screams curse words at Buddy.
(b) Laura starts crying.
(c) Laura tells Buddy to leave the church and never return.
(d) Laura becomes very calm.

4. What is Laura now doing at Buddy's suggestion?
(a) Changes from the sale of holy water to the sale of bone chips from the disciples.
(b) Having a service three times a week.
(c) Having three services each Sunday.
(d) Implements Buddy's idea to announce gambling numbers from the stage of the church.

5. When Laura is alone, upon what does she reflect?
(a) That she wishes she were more like Essie.
(b) That she is at the height of her glory.
(c) That she wishes she had stayed in the South.
(d) That she's caught between Essie and Buddy - one too holy, the other not holy enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Marietta described?

2. What does Laura suggest about Marietta?

3. Who spends less time at the apartment after Marietta moves in?

4. Who seems smitten with Marietta?

5. What does Essie say to Laura?

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