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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Miss Julie's.
(b) Miss Erkmeister’s.
(c) Miss Bertha's.
(d) Miss Forrester's.

2. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Orange.

3. How old is the narrator’s sister in Part II?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

4. What does Toni Morrison refer to as the most “vulnerable member” of society in the novel’s Foreword?
(a) Children.
(b) A male.
(c) A female.
(d) The elderly.

5. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?
(a) The dog.
(b) The cat.
(c) The hampster.
(d) The goldfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what local coal company does the narrator say she sometimes goes in the evenings with grown-ups to fill burlap sacks with coal in Part II?

2. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?

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

4. In speaking of Pecola’s father in Part I, the narrator says, “Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his” what?

5. Which of the prostitutes in Part III is described as “thin, aging, absentminded, and unaggressive”?

(see the answer key)

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