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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they acquire skills in order to get rid of “the funkiness” of what?
(a) “Bigotry.”
(b) “Passion.”
(c) “Murder.”
(d) “Capitalism.”

2. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Meringue Pie.
(c) Molasses Syrup.
(d) Banana Peel.

3. How old is Sammy when he lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description from Part II?
(a) 14.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is “that trifling Peggy” said to be from in Part II?

4. What do the narrator and her sister receive at the start of the school year in Part II?

5. The author states in the book's Foreword that when one is "hated for things we have no control over and cannot change," it is some consolation to know what?

(see the answer key)

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