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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The “competent midwife and decisive diagnostician” tells Aunt Jimmy to drink nothing but what when she is ill in Part IV?
(a) Pot liquor.
(b) Orange Juice.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Water.

2. The narrator states in Part II, “The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjusting to the cutbacks at the plant. They lived there because they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believed” what?
(a) “God would save them.”
(b) “They did not deserve any better.”
(c) “Their luck would change.”
(d) “They were ugly.”

3. Mr. Henry tells Claudia and Frieda that the prostitutes who just left were what in Part III?
(a) Members of his Bible class.
(b) Undercover police women.
(c) School teachers.
(d) Spies for a foreign government.

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

5. How many years of school did Pauline Williams attend?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cholly’s aunt say his father was in Part IV?

2. The narrator states in Part II, “The only living thing in the Breedloves' house was” what?

3. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?

4. With whom had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?

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

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