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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they “learn how to do the white man's work with” what, in Part III?
(a) “Integrity.”
(b) “Honor.”
(c) “Pleasure.”
(d) “Refinement.”

2. Claudia’s mother sings a song about trains where in the beginning of Part IV?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Montana.

3. How does Pecola’s mother describe Pecola when she was born in Part IV?
(a) Cranky.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Chubby.
(d) Ugly.

4. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?
(a) Miss Buford.
(b) Sally.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Maureen.

5. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “teacher education to instruct black children in” what?
(a) “Obedience.”
(b) “Science.”
(c) “Religion.”
(d) “Mathematics.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of school did Pauline Williams attend?

2. What is Geraldine’s husband’s name in the novel?

3. Maureen tells Claudia, Pecola and Frieda that her uncle sued which ice cream company in Part III?

4. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III that they go to what kind of colleges?

5. Who is described as “still trotting up and down Sixteenth Street talking to herself” in Part II?

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