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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?
(a) At church.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Weeding the garden.
(d) At the library.

2. Who does Cholly’s aunt say his father was in Part IV?
(a) “That Yacobowski boy.”
(b) “That Fuller boy.”
(c) “That MacTeer boy.”
(d) “That Peal boy.”

3. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?
(a) “The horizontal hustle.”
(b) “Layin’ Down.”
(c) “Fornicating.”
(d) “Nookey.”

4. According to the narrator in Part III, Geraldine did not allow her son to do what?
(a) Yell.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Eat.
(d) Cry.

5. According to Frieda in Part III, Mrs. Cain told her mother that Woodward did what?
(a) Had violent outbursts.
(b) Sleepwalked.
(c) Had seizures.
(d) Wet the bed.

6. Where did Cholly’s mother abandon him when he was four days old?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) By church steps.
(c) By the railroad.
(d) At an orphanage.

7. How does the narrator define “colored people” in Part III?
(a) “Sinful but pretty.”
(b) “Loud and obnoxious.”
(c) “Quiet and dangerous.”
(d) “Neat and quiet.”

8. Who is described as a “competent midwife and decisive diagnostician” during Aunt Jimmy’s illness in Part IV?
(a) Maginot Line.
(b) M'Dear.
(c) Miss Forrester.
(d) Mrs. Dunion.

9. 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) “An ark.”
(b) “A cross.”
(c) “A gown.”
(d) “A lamb.”

10. What is Maureen Peal said to have “even bought and liked” in Part III?
(a) White bread.
(b) White flour.
(c) White rice.
(d) White milk.

11. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “teacher education to instruct black children in” what?
(a) “Mathematics.”
(b) “Obedience.”
(c) “Religion.”
(d) “Science.”

12. What game did Geraldine’s son “long to play with the black boys,” according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) “Chess.”
(b) “Tag.”
(c) “King of the Mountain.”
(d) “Red Rover.”

13. What is Geraldine’s husband’s name in the novel?
(a) Junior.
(b) Henry.
(c) Louis.
(d) Fowler.

14. What does Frieda say her mother hit Mr. Henry with in Part IV?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A rolling pin.
(c) A broom.
(d) A fire poker.

15. How does Pecola’s mother describe Pecola when she was born in Part IV?
(a) Cranky.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Chubby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What neighbor told Mrs. MacTeer that Frieda should be taken to the doctor after the run-in with Mr. Henry in case she was “ruined” in Part IV?

2. Pauline Williams was one of how many children in her family?

3. When Frieda tells Claudia what happened with Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry is compared to what townsperson in Part IV?

4. Which of the prostitutes with Mr. Henry in Part III is described as “the one church women never allowed their eyes to rest on”?

5. The narrator refers to her father in Part III as a “wolf killer turned” what?

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