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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Abraham Lincoln School.
(d) George Washington Irving School.

2. In speaking of Pecola’s father in Part I, the narrator says, “Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his” what?
(a) “Lust or despair.”
(b) “Criminal behavior.”
(c) “Immoral thinking.”
(d) “Evil and sadness.”

3. On what street had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?
(a) Fifth Street.
(b) Thirteenth Street.
(c) Eighth Street.
(d) Second Street.

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

5. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “teacher education to instruct black children in” what?
(a) “Mathematics.”
(b) “Obedience.”
(c) “Religion.”
(d) “Science.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Maureen Peal said to have “even bought and liked” in Part III?

3. 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?

4. In the book’s Foreword, the author writes that the book arose from a conversation she had with a childhood friend who wished that she had what?

5. What does Claudia recall doing with her baby dolls as a child in Part II?

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