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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Frieda’s father throw at Mr. Henry, knocking him off the porch, in Part IV?
(a) A chair.
(b) A glass bowl.
(c) An axe.
(d) A tricycle.

2. With what boy does Geraldine’s son play with, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Ralph Nisensky.
(b) Max Sidewell.
(c) Joey Robinson.
(d) Bay Boy.

3. Which teacher does Frieda say called Bay Boy “incorrigival” in Part III?
(a) Miss Barkley.
(b) Miss Erkmeister.
(c) Miss Julia.
(d) Miss Forrester.

4. Where does Pecola say the prostitute China is going to take her to see the square in Part IV?
(a) Elyria.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Cleveland.

5. What movie star does Claudia say “smiled down at us” from the Dreamland Theater in Part III?
(a) Ethel Merman.
(b) Alice Faye.
(c) June Harver.
(d) Betty Grable.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what animal does Geraldine’s son torment Pecola in Part III?

2. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?

3. Who came running out with his gun during the conflict with Mr. Henry in Part IV?

4. Claudia says in Part III that she and Frieda always did their “Candy Dance” under the lilac bushes on the side of the house so that who would see and become jealous?

5. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cholly Breedlove’s childhood described in “See Father…”? Who raised Cholly?

2. How are Pauline Williams’s early years described in “See Mother…”?

3. How does the narrator describe the blooming flowers and twigs in the opening of “Spring”?

4. What are the perceptions of Claudia and Frieda as they wait to leave with Pecola from her mother’s workplace in “Spring”?

5. What are Claudia and Frieda’s feelings about Maureen Peal when she moves to Lorain in “Winter”?

6. How does the narrator describe her father’s face in the opening of “Winter”? What imagery is used?

7. What are Pauline Breedlove’s feelings about motherhood, according to the narrator in “See Mother…”?

8. Who do Claudia and Frieda encounter leaving their house when they return from Miss Bertha’s store in Part III?

9. “See the Cat…” begins with a discussion of what “types of girls”? Where are these individuals from?

10. What does Frieda say is the real reason she is crying when Claudia finds her in bed after Mr. Henry’s been kicked out in Part IV?

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