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The Color of Water | Quiz

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This Study Guide consists of approximately 46 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Color of Water.

The Color of Water | Quiz

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1)

What is Frances' mother good at? (from Chapters 9 and 10, Shul, School)

Dancing
Singing
Sports
Cooking
2)

What religion is Halina Wind? (from Epilogue)

Muslim
Jewish
Christian
Hindu
3)

What does Ruth have to do in the morning before school? (from Chapters 11 and 12, Boys, Daddy)

Open the store
Light the fire
Cook breakfast
Feed the chickens
4)

What does Ruth say she was starved of? (from Chapters 9 and 10, Shul, School)

Attention
Food
Education
Love
5)

What do the children eat at Daddy's cousin's house? (from Chapters 11 and 12, Boys, Daddy)

Pears
Apples
Watermelons
Fried chicken
6)

Why does Ruth return to Virginia? (from Chapters 15 and 16, Graduation, Driving)

To marry
To graduate
To find a job
To go to University
7)

What is the name of the 21-year-old woman? (from Epilogue)

Jackie Vyborne
Janice Rock
Fred Formby
Halina Wind
8)

Who did David become friends with while working on the Wilmington News Journal? (from Epilogue)

Ruth McBride
Dennis McBride
James McBride
Andrew McBride
9)

Where does James find a job in Kentucky? (from Chapters 13 and 14, New York, Chicken Man)

At a restaurant
At a factory
At a music shop
At a gas station
10)

What is the name of the boy Ruth meets in this chapter? (from Chapters 11 and 12, Boys, Daddy)

Frank
Edward
Peter
Davis
11)

What does Ruth remember her mother waving over her head? (from Chapters 21 and 22, A Bird Who Flies, A Jew Discovered)

A newspaper
A flag
A sheep
A chicken
12)

What does James teach his mother in this chapter? (from Chapters 15 and 16, Graduation, Driving)

How to drive
How to sing
How to roll a joint
How to play the piano
13)

What day of the week does Hunter always arrive at their house? (from Chapters 11 and 12, Boys, Daddy)

Saturday
Friday
Thursday
Sunday
14)

What does the preacher of the New Brown Memorial call Ruth? (from Chapters 23 and 24, Dennis, New Brown)

The original founder of the church
One of God's orginal angels
A Godly spirit
Nutty
15)

Where does Ruth take her children shopping? (from Chapters 9 and 10, Shul, School)

The Bronx
Brooklyn
Greenwich Village
Manhatten's Lower East Side
16)

What is Ernie Santosuosso's job on the newspaper? (from Chapters 19 and 20, Promise, Old Man Shilsky)

Jazz critic
Film critic
Editor
Sports reporter
17)

What state does Ruth live in at the time of the church's 40th anniversary? (from Chapters 23 and 24, Dennis, New Brown)

New Jersey
Colorado
New York
Virginia
18)

What does Rocky send Ruth? (from Chapters 17 and 18, Lost in Harlem, Lost in Delaware)

A pram
Chocolate
Flowers
A voodoo doll
19)

Where does Ruth travel to at the end of this chapter? (from Chapter 25, Finding Ruthie)

Harlem
Suffolk
Louisville
Poland
20)

Where does David work? (from Epilogue)

The New York Post
The Wilmington News Journal
Chase Bank
The stock exchange
21)

What is the name of Jack's husband? (from Chapters 13 and 14, New York, Chicken Man)

Uppity
Sour Milk
Little Chicken
Big Richard
22)

Where does Ruth's father spend his weekends? (from Chapters 19 and 20, Promise, Old Man Shilsky)

At his girlfriend's
In Miami
At the beach
At the casino
23)

Which of Ruth's friends dies in this chapter? (from Chapters 15 and 16, Graduation, Driving)

Lauren
Doris
Irene
Frances
24)

What is James' girlfriend's job? (from Chapters 19 and 20, Promise, Old Man Shilsky)

Cook
Typist
Model
Pool shark
25)

What does Ruth use the money she steals for? (from Chapters 9 and 10, Shul, School)

To go to the movies
To travel
To buy make up
To buy good food
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