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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. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Washington Irving School.
(b) George Washington Irving School.
(c) Abraham Lincoln School.
(d) Benjamin Franklin School.

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

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. Which of the prostitutes with Mr. Henry in Part III is described as “the one church women never allowed their eyes to rest on”?
(a) China.
(b) Miss Bertha.
(c) Maginot Line.
(d) Poland.

5. Maureen tells Claudia, Pecola and Frieda that her uncle sued which ice cream company in Part III?
(a) Isaley’s.
(b) Dove.
(c) Blue Bunny.
(d) Breyer’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Pauline Williams’s family move after World War I for the mines and millwork?

2. 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?

3. What does Mrs. MacTeer say “ate up” the prostitutes named China and Poland in Part IV?

4. The narrator says in Part IV, “But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word” of whom?

5. What flowers does the narrator say even now hold no cheer for her in the spring in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What misunderstanding at the ice cream parlor contributes to the growing tension between Claudia and Maureen in “Winter”?

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

3. Why does Frieda tell Claudia has happened with Mr. Henry in the beginning of Part IV?

4. How does the narrator distinguish the difference between “colored girls” and “black girls” in “See the Cat…”?

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

6. How does the conflict between Maureen, Claudia, Frieda, and Pecola escalate in “Winter”?

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

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

9. Where do Frieda and Claudia go to find Pecola after their exchange with Maginot Line in “Spring”? How is this setting described?

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

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