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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "Seventh Street".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author visually contrast with the whitewashed streets of Washington in "Seventh Street"?
(a) Black skin.
(b) Rum.
(c) Tar.
(d) Blood.

2. How does Esther think that men feel about her?
(a) She is hated by them.
(b) She confuses them.
(c) She does not appeal to them.
(d) She attracts them.

3. What did Carma shoot?
(a) Bane.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Herself.
(d) A deer.

4. Who does the narrator blame for the end of Carma's story?
(a) Karintha.
(b) Bane.
(c) Carma.
(d) Bollo.

5. With which physical attribute on others is Esther preoccupied?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Height.
(c) Muscle.
(d) Blackness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fern feel about the townspeople gossiping about her?

2. What recurring dream does Esther have about her father's store?

3. What did the townspeople secretly bring Becky?

4. Which law is referenced as affecting Seventh Street?

5. To whose singing does the author repeatedly compare Fern's face?

(see the answer key)

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