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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Pecola’s father when she goes to stay with the MacTeer family in Part II?
(a) In Mexico.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) In jail.
(d) In Europe.

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

3. What does Pecola’s mother demand that Pecola’s father get out of bed and go get for her in their argument in Part II?
(a) Flour.
(b) Milk.
(c) Coal.
(d) Eggs.

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

5. What is the narrator of Part II’s sister’s name?
(a) Rosemary Villanucci.
(b) Pecola Breedlove.
(c) Frieda MacTeer.
(d) Maureen Peal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magic trick does Mr. Henry perform when he meets the narrator and her sister in Part II?

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?

3. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?

4. With what boy does Geraldine’s son play with, according to the narrator in Part III?

5. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?

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