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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Dorcas's clothespin dolls lay?
(a) Under her pillow.
(b) In a cigar box.
(c) Within an old oak tree.
(d) On the floor of the burnt-down home.

2. Who moves to Chicago?
(a) True Belle.
(b) Violet.
(c) Rose Dear.
(d) Sweetness, Malvonne's nephew.

3. Why does Joe begin to feel distanced from Violet?
(a) She tells him she wants to get a divorce.
(b) She is having an extramarital affair.
(c) She begins to drink excessively.
(d) He senses that she longs for a child.

4. Why doesn't Violet sleep at night?
(a) She is awakened by nightmares.
(b) Joe snores loudly.
(c) The birds are gone.
(d) She sleeps too much during the day.

5. What year does Joe and Violet move to the city?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1919.
(d) The author does not include a date.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe see in Dorcas's picture?

2. What does the green and yellow parrot repeat?

3. What does Violet do when the cotton crop is harvested?

4. What does Violet do after she runs from the funeral home?

5. How does the white men refer to the best hunter?

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