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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Violet committed to gaining weight?
(a) She is trying to get the hips and backside she has as a young woman.
(b) She thinks it makes her look crazier.
(c) She thinks it makes Joe feel sorry for her.
(d) She wants to be admitted to the hospital.

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

3. Who does Dorcas stay with when Alice goes to work?
(a) The Miller sisters.
(b) No one.
(c) Joe's mother.
(d) True Belle.

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

5. Why is Joe jealous of the young men on the street?
(a) They do not have to worry about segregation and racism.
(b) They have living parents and loving wives.
(c) They have lots of money and good jobs.
(d) They do not have to go searching for women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who moves to Chicago?

2. What is special about Neola Miller?

3. Why does Joe want to stay near Dorcas after he shoots her?

4. Who rents Joe and Dorcas a bedroom once a week?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Alice Manfred and Dorcas.

2. Describe the time Joe sees Dorcas for the very first time.

3. In Chapter Five, how does the author describe Harlem in the springtime?

4. In Chapter One, how does the narrator describe Violet Trace?

5. Describe the different things Joe and Violet see in the picture of Dorcas.

6. Why is Violet known as "Violent" Trace in town?

7. In Chapter Four, why does True Belle come to Virginia to care for her grandchildren?

8. What is the story the narrator gives behind Joe's last name?

9. In Chapter Five, what does Joe think of when he imagines Dorcas?

10. How does the narrator describe the way Joe and Violet meet in Chapter Four?

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