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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Pecola’s brother in the novel?
(a) Woodrow.
(b) Fowler.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Henry.

2. The narrator in Part II describes the adults as treating illness in children with what?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Sympathy.

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

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?
(a) “The dreamer.”
(b) “The waker.”
(c) “The analyst.”
(d) “The subject.”

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pecola say the prostitute China is going to take her to see the square in Part IV?

2. Which movie does Maureen say the name Pecola is from in Part III?

3. Who is the gym teacher that Maureen describes as bow-legged in Part III?

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

5. The “competent midwife and decisive diagnostician” tells Aunt Jimmy to drink nothing but what when she is ill in Part IV?

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