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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) “Propertied black people.”
(d) “Rich white people.”

2. The narrator in Part II says that her family’s house is “old, cold” and what color?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

3. The girl who is described as the narrator’s “next-door friend who lives above her father’s café” in Part I is named Rosemary what?
(a) MacTeer.
(b) Villanucci.
(c) Williams.
(d) Yacobowski.

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

5. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?
(a) “Layin’ Down.”
(b) “Nookey.”
(c) “Fornicating.”
(d) “The horizontal hustle.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did Geraldine’s son “long to play with the black boys,” according to the narrator in Part III?

2. Who calls Mrs. MacTeer and tells her that Claudia, Pecola and Frieda are “playing nasty” in Part II?

3. Claudia’s mother sings a song about trains where in the beginning of Part IV?

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

5. The narrator refers to her father in Part III as a “wolf killer turned” what?

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