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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the prostitutes in town does Mrs. MacTeer say is a “ruined” woman?
(a) Maginot Line.
(b) Miss Julia.
(c) Miss Delia Jones.
(d) Miss Forrester.

2. 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?
(a) Zick’s Coal Company.
(b) Howard’s Coal Company.
(c) Murphy's Coal Company.
(d) Johnson's Coal Company.

3. 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?
(a) That the hatred is justified.
(b) That the hatred is not accurate.
(c) That the hatred is accurate.
(d) That the hatred is unjustified.

4. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?
(a) Green and gold.
(b) Green and white.
(c) Blue and green.
(d) Gold and blue.

5. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?
(a) “The horizontal hustle.”
(b) “Nookey.”
(c) “Layin’ Down.”
(d) “Fornicating.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator in Part II describes the adults as treating illness in children with what?

2. The author states in the novel's Foreword, "There can't be anyone, I am sure, who doesn't know what it feels like to be" what "momentarily or for sustained periods of time"?

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

4. In speaking of Pecola in Part V, the narrator says, “We tried to see her without looking at her, and never, never went near. Not because she was absurd, or repulsive, or because we were frightened, but because we had” what?

5. How many years of school did Pauline Williams attend?

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