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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Sammy when he lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description from Part II?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

2. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Miss Buford.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Sally.

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

4. The narrator in Part II says that her family’s house is “old, cold” and what color?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

5. According to Frieda in Part III, Mrs. Cain told her mother that Woodward did what?
(a) Had violent outbursts.
(b) Sleepwalked.
(c) Had seizures.
(d) Wet the bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?

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

3. Where is Pecola’s father when she goes to stay with the MacTeer family in Part II?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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