1. 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) “Religion.”
(b) “Mathematics.”
(c) “Obedience.”
(d) “Science.”

2. Who is described as “still trotting up and down Sixteenth Street talking to herself” in Part II?
(a) Baby Jenny.
(b) Miss Bertha.
(c) Miss Forrester.
(d) Auntie Julia.

3. The narrator states in Part II, “The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjusting to the cutbacks at the plant. They lived there because they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believed” what?
(a) “Their luck would change.”
(b) “God would save them.”
(c) “They did not deserve any better.”
(d) “They were ugly.”

4. According to the narrator in Part III, Geraldine did not allow her son to do what?
(a) Eat.
(b) Cry.
(c) Yell.
(d) Sleep.

5. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?
(a) The Freedom Magazine.
(b) The Justice Magazine.
(c) The Equality Magazine.
(d) The Liberty Magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In speaking of Pecola’s father in Part I, the narrator says, “Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his” what?

3. Who is the narrator of Part I?

4. According to Toni Morrison in the book’s Foreword, “The extremity of Pecola's case stemmed largely from" what?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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