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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe buy Dorcas the first day they meet?
(a) Beer.
(b) A dress.
(c) A horse.
(d) Peppermint candy.

2. Why do the Miller sisters call the police station repeatedly?
(a) To report restaurants serving alcohol.
(b) They are crazy.
(c) As a way to keep Dorcas from misbehaving.
(d) They imagine they hear thieves in their home.

3. Why doesn't a fire truck intervene during the house fire in Dorcas's home?
(a) All the firemen are on strike.
(b) It is waiting for a fire in a white neighborhood.
(c) It is broken down.
(d) It is out of gas.

4. What instrument is constantly played during the parade?
(a) Flute.
(b) Drums.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Tuba.

5. What happens the same day Dorcas's mother is burned in the house fire?
(a) She is arrested by the police for murder.
(b) She overdoses on medication.
(c) Dorcas is fired from her job.
(d) Dorcas's father is killed during a race riot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorcas rescue from her home as a small child?

2. Why is Dorcas rejected by teenage boys her own age?

3. What does the train conductor announce when he walks through the cabin where Joe and Violet are standing?

4. What happens to Dorcas's mother?

5. What does Violet find in the bottom of the parrot's cage?

(see the answer key)

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