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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author suppose Violet does while Joe is looking out the window and crying?
(a) Put her arms around him and comfort him.
(b) Set his hair on fire.
(c) Cook breakfast for him.
(d) Pack up her belongings and leave.

2. How long does it take for Joe and Violet to pay off the debt on their farm?
(a) Five years.
(b) Six months.
(c) They never pay it off.
(d) Twenty-two years.

3. What do Violet and Joe do all night the first time they meet?
(a) Fight.
(b) Eat.
(c) Dance.
(d) Talk.

4. Where does Dorcas insist Joe take her?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The beauty parlor.
(c) New York City.
(d) A jazz club.

5. What does Dorcas put on Joe's hands?
(a) White paint.
(b) Aloe vera.
(c) Butter and sugar.
(d) Cream and clear nail polish.

6. Why does Malvonne want to make sure the young black girl's letter gets to the law school?
(a) She is threatened by the police.
(b) She is afraid the girl has to get a low-paying job instead.
(c) The young black girl is Malvonne's daughter.
(d) She is afraid she is reported for having stolen mail.

7. How does the white men refer to the best hunter?
(a) As a hypnotist.
(b) As a genius.
(c) As a witch doctor.
(d) As a farce and a scam.

8. What does the train conductor announce when he walks through the cabin where Joe and Violet are standing?
(a) No black couples remain together.
(b) It is time to separate from the white customers.
(c) All blacks must leave the train car.
(d) Breakfast is being served.

9. How much does Joe pay for the bedroom he and Dorcas meet in?
(a) He trades handiwork for the use of the bedroom.
(b) Five dollars an hour.
(c) Two dollars a month.
(d) Nothing.

10. Why do Joe and Violet continue to dance standing in the train car?
(a) They do not want to lose their places.
(b) They are afraid to sit down for fear they are punished.
(c) They aren't hungry.
(d) They do not want to be separated by the table.

11. Who does Dorcas cry for during her mother's funeral?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her dolls.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Herself.

12. What does Violet try to do to Dorcas's face?
(a) Make it look older.
(b) Apply more makeup.
(c) Disfigure it with a knife.
(d) Make it look younger.

13. How does Violet meet Joe?
(a) They are both lost while trying to get to Chicago.
(b) They go on a blind date.
(c) He falls out of tree she is sleeping under.
(d) They grow up in the same church together.

14. Where does Violet go when she finds out about Joe's affair?
(a) The funeral parlor.
(b) Under their bed.
(c) To her mother's house.
(d) Massachusetts.

15. What does Violet do when the cotton crop is harvested?
(a) She becomes a teacher.
(b) She goes back to Virginia.
(c) She stays in the neighborhood and works for a family.
(d) She raises children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Dorcas eats candy?

2. What happens the same day Dorcas's mother is burned in the house fire?

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

4. What does Joe take with him to the park?

5. Which of the following are in Violet's apartment?

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