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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?
(a) A 1932 Ford.
(b) A 1937 Cadillac.
(c) A 1939 Buick.
(d) A 1930 Chevrolet.

2. On what street had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?
(a) Eighth Street.
(b) Fifth Street.
(c) Thirteenth Street.
(d) Second Street.

3. Who came running out with his gun during the conflict with Mr. Henry in Part IV?
(a) Mr. Yacobowski.
(b) Mr. Villanucci.
(c) Mr. Henry.
(d) Mr. Buford.

4. The narrator in Part I says that at first they thought there were no marigolds that fall because Pecola was what?
(a) Depressed about life.
(b) Having her father’s baby.
(c) Planning to kill her father.
(d) Praying for bad weather.

5. In describing Pecola’s mother in Part IV, the narrator says, “Holding Cholly as a model of sin and failure, she bore him like a crown of thorns, and her children like” what?
(a) “A cross.”
(b) “A gown.”
(c) “A lamb.”
(d) “An ark.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Claudia’s mother sings a song about trains where in the beginning of Part IV?

2. What did Frieda’s father throw at Mr. Henry, knocking him off the porch, in Part IV?

3. In the book’s Foreword, the author writes that the book arose from a conversation she had with a childhood friend who wished that she had what?

4. The narrator states in Part II, “The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjusting to the cutbacks at the plant. They lived there because they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believed” what?

5. Mrs. MacTeer exclaims during her diatribe in Part II, “I got about as much business with another mouth to feed as a cat has with” what?

(see the answer key)

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