The Hope Chest Chapter 14

What shocking thing does Myrtle say that makes Mr Martin bang his head on the underside of the bed?

• "The Palmer agents are at the door!"

• "You should tell (Chloe) that you love her"

• "I know a fella who cut another fella with a razor and only got 3 months!"

• "Will you adopt me?"

What is the reason Myrtle gives Mr. Martin for why the Palmer agents are chasing him?

• He was dating a colored woman

• He spoke out against police violence

• He spoke out against the war

• He was dating a suffragist

What does "quorum" mean?

• To have enough legislators present in a meeting to cast a vote

• To have a political voting advantage

• To pose a political question

• To have an enough booths for voting in segregated neighborhoods

What does Violet mean when she says Miss Escuadrille believes "all the applesauce they've told her about women being too good to vote or too weak"

• she means that Miss Escuadrille reads the label for her applesauce before she makes a purchase

• she means that there's an apple sauce Miss Escuadrille buys thats only for women

• she means that women like Miss Escuadrille's head is full of apple sauce recipes

• she means that Miss Escuadrille is gullible and believes lies about women's rights

What does Chloe tell Violet about "colored suffragists"?

• They don't exist

• There are "tons" but they are asked to "stay out of sight"

• There are a few, mostly unmarried women

• There are rare, because colored men want the right to vote first

True or False. Violet thinks Mr. Martin is a good match for Chloe.

At the end of the chapter what happens to the Anti-Suffragist pamphlets?

• Myrtle passes them out at the train station

• Violet throws them in Miss Escuadrille's face

• Chloe asks Violet which one of them will be tossing them in the trash

• Mr. Martin tosses them into the street