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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laura want from Essie the next morning?
(a) Her betting stubs.
(b) Coffee and money.
(c) A commitment for the church idea.
(d) The morning newspaper.

2. What does Essie watch while they are preaching and singing?
(a) The people who are watching them.
(b) For anyone who seems to need encouragement to give.
(c) For potential robbers.
(d) For an indication that God is actually present.

3. What does Laura say Buddy is going to become?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her bodyguard.
(c) Her business manager.
(d) The new minister.

4. What are Essie and Laura doing at the opening of this novel?
(a) Eating at Dewdrop diner.
(b) At a horse race.
(c) Comparing memories of the Palm Sundays, Easters, and church-going habits of their childhoods.
(d) Smoking on the stoop of the apartment.

5. What does Laura want to do with the money?
(a) Buy her man a car.
(b) Have a big party.
(c) Get them better living quarters.
(d) Donate it to the overseas mission fund.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Laura still jealous?

2. What sound is heard outside as Buddy and Laura talk?

3. How long has it been since Essie has seen her daughter?

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

5. What happens as they pass the tambourine?

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