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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30, 31 and 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the painting of Adam resemble in Laura's imagination?
(a) Martin Luther King.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Lanston Hughes.
(d) Joe Louis.

2. What could the wine glass symbolize as far as Laura's character?
(a) The wine Laura will offer in communion at church.
(b) A casting off of an old way of life.
(c) Self-destruction.
(d) Seeing through a glass darkly.

3. Where does Essie say that the spark to convert has to come from?
(a) People's hearts.
(b) God.
(c) Laura's sermons.
(d) The music.

4. What doesn't Essie miss?
(a) The gangs on the streets.
(b) The drugs on the streets.
(c) The screams and sirens in Harlem.
(d) The smell of alcohol.

5. What is distracting Laura from listening to Essie?
(a) Laura is too busy worrying about where she's going to get some gambling money and wine.
(b) Laura is trying to figure out how to seduce the new man down the block.
(c) Laura is talking to a pimp.
(d) Laura is talking on the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Laura accuse Essie?

2. What might be a theme of this story symbolically portrayed in the final lines of this chapter?

3. For what does Laura say they need money?

4. What does going "North" mean to Southern Blacks at the time of this story?

5. What rumor is going around about Buddy?

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