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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?
(a) At the library.
(b) At church.
(c) Weeding the garden.
(d) Shopping.

2. Where is Pecola’s father when she goes to stay with the MacTeer family in Part II?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) In Europe.
(c) In Mexico.
(d) In jail.

3. Who does Cholly’s aunt say his father was in Part IV?
(a) “That Peal boy.”
(b) “That Yacobowski boy.”
(c) “That MacTeer boy.”
(d) “That Fuller boy.”

4. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they “hold their behind in for fear of a sway too” what, in Part III?
(a) “Wide.”
(b) “Free.”
(c) “Wild.”
(d) “Retired.”

5. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?
(a) A 1930 Chevrolet.
(b) A 1932 Ford.
(c) A 1937 Cadillac.
(d) A 1939 Buick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Pecola’s brother in the novel?

2. Of what dancer does Claudia say in Part II “was my friend, my uncle, my daddy, and who ought to have been soft-shoeing it and chuckling with me”?

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

4. How old is Pecola when she lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description in Part II?

5. Where does Frieda say she’s going to get potato chips while Claudia goes to buy ice cream with the money Mr. Henry gave them in Part III?

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