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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 Geraldine’s son called in Part III?
(a) Paul.
(b) J.C.
(c) Junior.
(d) Sammy.

2. The narrator says in Part IV, “Even now spring for me is shot through with the remembered ache of” what?
(a) “Spankings.”
(b) “Switchings.”
(c) “Swattings.”
(d) “Swattings.”

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

4. The sound of what town’s name “opens the windows of a room like the first four notes of a hymn,” according to Claudia in Part III?
(a) Elyria.
(b) Meridian.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Chicago.

5. What does the little girl call Mrs. Breedlove at the house where Mrs. Breedlove works in Part IV?
(a) Sally.
(b) Polly.
(c) Holly.
(d) Molly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which teacher does Frieda say called Bay Boy “incorrigival” in Part III?

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

3. How old is Sammy when he lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description from Part II?

4. How old does the narrator say she is in Part II?

5. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?

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