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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is “that trifling Peggy” said to be from in Part II?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Elyria.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Lorain.

2. What movie star does Claudia say “smiled down at us” from the Dreamland Theater in Part III?
(a) June Harver.
(b) Alice Faye.
(c) Ethel Merman.
(d) Betty Grable.

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) Ivy League colleges.
(b) Land-grant colleges.
(c) Community colleges.
(d) Ivory League colleges.

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 saws a lady in half.
(c) He makes a penny disappear.
(d) He pulls a rabbit from a hat.

5. What is Mr. Henry’s last name?
(a) Washington.
(b) Whitcomb.
(c) Dunion.
(d) Yacobowski.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What were the baby twin siblings of Pauline Williams called, according to the narrator in Part IV?

3. How old is Pecola when she lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description in Part II?

4. When Frieda tells Claudia what happened with Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry is compared to what townsperson in Part IV?

5. Frieda and Claudia promise God they will be good for how long if Pecola’s baby lives in Part V?

(see the answer key)

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