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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Part II, who “spent all their energies, all their love, on their nests”?
(a) “Poor white people.”
(b) “Poor Hispanic people.”
(c) “Rich white people.”
(d) “Propertied black people.”

2. In speaking of Cholly, Mrs. Breedlove says in Part IV, “I started to leave him once, but something came up. Once, after he tried to” do what?
(a) “Hang himself.”
(b) “Shoot himself.”
(c) “Drown himself.”
(d) “Light the house on fire.”

3. What lake is near where Claudia and Frieda live in the novel?
(a) Lake Michigan.
(b) Lake Huron.
(c) Lake Erie.
(d) Lake Superior.

4. What flowers does the narrator say even now hold no cheer for her in the spring in Part IV?
(a) Tulips.
(b) Forsythias.
(c) Jonquils.
(d) Magnolias.

5. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?
(a) The Freedom Magazine.
(b) The Justice Magazine.
(c) The Liberty Magazine.
(d) The Equality Magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “teacher education to instruct black children in” what?

2. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?

3. What were the names of Pauline Williams’s parents?

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

5. Mr. Henry tells Claudia and Frieda that the prostitutes who just left were what in Part III?

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