Hope Chest Ch.1-9

How does Violet feel about Myrtle being forced to go to the "Jim Crow" car? Use evidence from the text to answer the question

• "She'll be among her own people. I'm sure they'll look after her.'

• "She reached out and took Myrtle's hand and glared at the conductor"

• "It's my responsibility to enforce the law"

• "Hurry up, girl". "The train's about to start moving"

How did Myrtle walk back to the "Jim Crow" car? Use evidence from the text to support your answer

• Myrtle got to her feet, angry, but schooling her face to perfect passive indifference.

• Myrtle struggled to open the door into the next car.

• "I'm going to the colored car mister"

• The floor of the vestibule shifted and creaked under Myrtle's feet

Why did Mr. Martin make Violet write to her parents in Washington, DC?

• He was trying to trick her and put her onto a train going to Pennsylvania.

• He wanted her parents to come to Washington, DC to pick her up

• Mr. Martin was worried that Violet's Parents would be worried.

• Mr. Martin was being bossy because he was an adult and she wasn't

Why does Myrtle help Violet in New York City?

• Because Myrtle is kind and wanted to get back to the Training Institute

• Because Myrtle was kind and didn't want to go back to the Training Institute

• Because Myrtle was in a hurry

• Because Myrtle knew that Violet was lost and knew she had to walk a long way to Henry Street Settlement

Why doesn't Miss Dexter like Myrtle?

• She is a racist and doesn't want Myrtle by her

• She thinks that racial issues are separate than the right to vote

• She thinks that Myrtle will help the women's vote cause

• She is a mean person and Miss Dexter doesn't like anyone

How did Mr. Martin escape from The Palmer Agents?

• He jumped off the train while it was moving at full speed

• He jumped off the train and then hopped back on quickly while it was stopped

• He jumped off the train and fell to his death

• He jumped off the train while the train was at the top of the mountains and was moving very slowly

Why does Violet continue to have all these adventures, and refuses to just go home?

• She wants to see Chloe

• She wants to give Chloe letters

• She wants to get Chloe's new address

• She wants to tell Chloe how mother and father hid her letters for the past two years

Why isn't Chloe in Washington, DC?

• She went back to the Henry Street Settlement

• She went to Tennessee to work as a nurse

• She went to Tennessee to work on the women's right to vote campaign

• She went back to Pennsylvania to find Violet

Dark green electric trolleys zipped down the tracks in the middle of the streets. At some of the more opulent houses, guards in uniform stood at the doors. What does opulent mean?

• small houses that had guards

• rich neighborhood with small houses

• rich neighborhood with large houses

• bad neighborhood with small houses

"You haven't been listening to a word I've said, child." "Yes ma'am," Myrtle contradicted. What does contradicted mean?

• deny the truth

• agree with what was said

• accept what was said

• go along with what was being said