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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magic trick does Mr. Henry perform when he meets the narrator and her sister in Part II?
(a) He pulls a rabbit from a hat.
(b) He saws a lady in half.
(c) He makes his thumb disappear.
(d) He makes a penny disappear.

2. 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) “Retired.”
(b) “Wide.”
(c) “Wild.”
(d) “Free.”

3. The narrator compares her father’s eyes to a “cliff of snow threatening to” what, in Part III?
(a) “Explode.”
(b) “Avalanche.”
(c) “Erupt.”
(d) “Melt.”

4. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Pecola.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Sammy.

5. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?
(a) Blue and green.
(b) Green and white.
(c) Gold and blue.
(d) Green and gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator say she is in Part II?

2. How old is Sammy when he lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description from Part II?

3. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?

4. What does Pecola pray for every night, according to the narrator in Part II?

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

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