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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Laura unable to hear from her end of the jail?
(a) Essie singing a song of praise.
(b) A crowd chanting for her execution.
(c) Essie weeping bitterly.
(d) Essie praying fervently for Laura's soul.

2. As Laura is getting into her robes, who does she want to come see her?
(a) Marietta.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Birdie Lee.
(d) CJ.

3. Who visits Essie in jail?
(a) Laura.
(b) Birdie Lee.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Marietta.

4. What does Laura collect for each lucky text?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A dime.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Three pennies.

5. What does Laura hear two women saying about Buddy?
(a) That he has left New York.
(b) That he has secretly married a woman much younger than he.
(c) That a handsome man like him is a "cross to bear" for the woman in his life.
(d) That he has taken over the west side gambling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Buddy threaten Laura?

3. How does Essie get to the church?

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

5. What sustains Essie in the jail cell?

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