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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Mildred.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Pecola.

2. Who calls Mrs. MacTeer and tells her that Claudia, Pecola and Frieda are “playing nasty” in Part II?
(a) Miss Dunion.
(b) Paula Williams.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Ada Williams.

3. What flowers does the narrator say even now hold no cheer for her in the spring in Part IV?
(a) Jonquils.
(b) Tulips.
(c) Forsythias.
(d) Magnolias.

4. What does the narrator say has become of Pecola’s father in Part I?
(a) He has died.
(b) He has become rich.
(c) He’s become President.
(d) He has left town.

5. The girl who is described as the narrator’s “next-door friend who lives above her father’s café” in Part I is named Rosemary what?
(a) MacTeer.
(b) Yacobowski.
(c) Villanucci.
(d) Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maginot Line say Pecola has gone when Claudia and Frieda come looking for her in Part IV?

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

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

4. Of what dancer does Claudia say in Part II “was my friend, my uncle, my daddy, and who ought to have been soft-shoeing it and chuckling with me”?

5. What lake is near where Claudia and Frieda live in the novel?

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