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Paradise Quiz

Toni Morrison
This Study Guide consists of approximately 49 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Paradise.

Paradise Quiz

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1)

What time of year does the girl who arrives at the Convent at the end of the chapter say it is? (from Grace)

"The Ides of March."
"Fool's Winter."
"Indian Summer."
"Almost August."
2)

Who does Gigi see and talk to at the end of the story? (from Save-Marie)

Anna Flood.
Manly Gibson.
Steward Morgan.
Roger Best.
3)

What is Richard Misner advocating on behalf of the young people? (from Seneca)

That their concerns be heard in addition to the concerns of the older men.
That they be allowed to hold a barn dance.
That they be exempt from fieldwork if enrolled in school.
That they be allowed to drive automobiles if licensed.
4)

Who does K.D. blame for Arnette's pregnancy? (from Grace)

Deek.
Himself.
Connie.
Arnette.
5)

What type of animal does Deek hunt? (from Seneca)

Rabbit.
Elk.
Quail.
Deer.
6)

What does Connie realize about Pallas before even Pallas knows? (from Divine)

Pallas has smallpox.
Pallas is pregnant.
Pallas will rule the Convent.
Pallas wants to kill Connie.
7)

Why do Richard and Anna go to the Convent? (from Save-Marie)

To see if Connie's pepper garden can be salvaged.
To look for the deed to the property.
To see if there is any wine left in the basement.
To search for clues to what really happened.
8)

Save-Marie was a member of what family? (from Save-Marie)

The Morgans.
The Albrights.
The Fleetwoods.
The Bests.
9)

What in the basement attracts Connie? (from Divine)

Solitude.
Darkness.
Spiders.
Wine.
10)

Where does Richard Misner preach? (from Seneca)

Zion National Bank.
At the Convent.
Mount Cavalry Church.
On the street.
11)

How old was the man when he finally came to Connie? (from Consolata)

Twenty-one.
Forty.
Seventeen.
Twenty-nine.
12)

Why is Billie skeptical about the chances of a happy marriage between Arnette and K.D.? (from Divine)

K.D. agreed to marry Arnette only after Gigi stopped seeing him.
Unlike Arnette, K.D. comes from a poor family.
Arnette never really cared for K.D.
Arnette had to give up her dream of being a blues singer to marry K.D.
13)

Why does Seneca have difficulty sleeping at the Convent? (from Seneca)

She is disturbed by the nun's band practicing all night.
She is unaccustomed to clean and comfortable accommodations.
She lays awake at night plotting ways to steal the nun's gold.
She is terrified of the scorpions that infest her room.
14)

Where do the women of the Convent dance? (from Lone)

In the rain.
Everywhere, day and night.
On the roof of the barn.
Wherever the people of Ruby hold community dances.
15)

Who is the youngest male in the Morgan family? (from Grace)

Steward.
Deek.
Frank.
K.D.
16)

In addition to Connie, which was the only nun to remain at the Convent? (from Consolata)

Mary Magna.
Lila Jane.
Mother Jones.
Sister Christian.
17)

Why does Lone believe that the women of the Convent could not possibly be responsible for the handicaps of the Fleetwood children? (from Lone)

The first of the children were born before the women arrived at the Convent.
Lone knows that she alone is responsible.
The cancerous growths of the children are from uranium, and the women of the convent do not have access to uranium.
Lone believes that the women of the Convent are perfect and can do no wrong.
18)

When Richard Misner arrives to visit Patricia, what does he want to know? (from Patricia)

The name of his birth mother.
The cost of installing a fence on his property.
Billie's whereabouts.
If Patricia ever intends to pay her phone bill.
19)

What branch of law enforcement conducted the initial investigation into events at the Convent? (from Save-Marie)

The FBI.
There was no investigation.
The Oklahoma State Police.
The Ruby town marshal.
20)

What does Piedad sing about at the end of the book? (from Save-Marie)

Militant civil rights.
Solace.
Romantic interludes.
Rock candy mountain.
21)

Where does Connie spend an increasing amount of time? (from Divine)

The community oven.
The confessional.
Deek Morgan's house.
The basement.
22)

How many founding families arrived in Ruby? (from Patricia)

NIne.
Seventeen.
Thirty.
Two.
23)

What two Convent women have a physical altercation? (from Divine)

Arnette and Billie.
Seneca and Sweetie.
Mavis and Gigi.
Pallas and Connie.
24)

What was the man who built the Convent arrested for? (from Consolata)

Barn burning.
Murder.
Embezzlement.
Insurance fraud.
25)

Who owns the bank in Ruby? (from Grace)

The Morgan twins.
Barnes, the plantation owner.
A huge corporation in New York.
The people of Ruby.
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