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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice Manfred do for a living?
(a) Cleans wealthy people's homes.
(b) Cooks in a nearby restaurant.
(c) She is a nurse for a black doctor.
(d) She is a seamstress.

2. Why does True Belle send Violet to Palestine?
(a) Violet becomes pregnant.
(b) To get away from Joe.
(c) To pick cotton.
(d) To go to beauty school.

3. In the beginning of the book, why does Joe say he shoots Dorcas?
(a) He wants to keep the feeling of love going.
(b) She tries to rob him.
(c) He wants to capture her forever.
(d) He is trying to shoot someone else.

4. What does Malvonne find behind her refrigerator?
(a) A coin collection.
(b) A sack of stolen mail.
(c) An old diamond ring.
(d) A box of money.

5. What type of Dorcas's makeup does Violet find out about?
(a) Eyeshadow.
(b) Mascara.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) Powder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Violet and Joe do all night the first time they meet?

2. How does Rose Dear eventually die?

3. What does Violet wear that makes her look crazy?

4. Who does Dorcas stay with when Alice goes to work?

5. Where does Violet go when she finds out about Joe's affair?

(see the answer key)

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