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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) Chuck E. White.
(b) Fred Astaire.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Bojangles.

2. What does Toni Morrison refer to as the “most delicate member of society” in the book’s Foreword?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A child.
(c) An old man.
(d) A new bride.

3. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III that they go to what kind of colleges?
(a) Land-grant colleges.
(b) Ivy League colleges.
(c) Ivory League colleges.
(d) Community colleges.

4. Who is the gym teacher that Maureen describes as bow-legged in Part III?
(a) Miss Forrester.
(b) Miss Cain.
(c) Miss Peal.
(d) Miss Erkmeister.

5. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Benjamin Franklin School.
(b) Washington Irving School.
(c) George Washington Irving School.
(d) Abraham Lincoln School.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?

2. What is Geraldine’s son called in Part III?

3. Whose image is on the milk cup that Frieda brings to Pecola in Part II?

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

5. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?

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