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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 56 - 110).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esme always hold against Wilma from what happens with Carson in Chapter 11?
(a) Wilma does not stay to comfort Esme after the rape.
(b) Wilma puts Esme right to work that day.
(c) Wilma tells Esme what happened was her fault.
(d) Wilma makes Esme pay for her clothes that were ruined.

2. Who takes Lala's money that she has earned?
(a) Sergeant Beckles.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Tone.
(d) Adan.

3. Why does Lala take the baby back from Adan in Chapter 6?
(a) She is afraid the baby might throw up.
(b) She does not want Jacinthe to hold the baby.
(c) She does not want Tone to hold the baby.
(d) She wants to see if the baby needs a change.

4. What is an essential part of Adan's story reaching back to childhood?
(a) The story of melted gold.
(b) The story of the army conscription.
(c) The story of a Burger Bee snack box on a Friday afternoon.
(d) The story of his father, the doctor.

5. Who does Wilma visit in the hospital in Part I?
(a) Esme.
(b) Lala.
(c) Carson.
(d) Adan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adan tell Tone he wants to talk about with him the following day?

2. Who is Mira's mother?

3. Where does Lala keep some of her money she earned from braiding?

4. Why does Lala go looking for Adan in Chapter 1?

5. What is the curse Wilma tells the police the Wilkinson women have?

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