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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claudia say that the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use to straighten their hair in Part III?
(a) Turnip juice.
(b) Dixie Peach.
(c) Cocnut oil.
(d) Alligator fat.

2. Who had at one time been the idols of Geraldine’s son, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Soaphead Church.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. MacTeer.
(c) Mr. Breelove.
(d) Bay Boy and P.L.

3. What do Claudia and Frieda hope to get from Pecola in Part IV?
(a) Rum.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Whiskey.

4. What does Pecola say Maginot Line’s real name is in Part IV?
(a) Miss Louis.
(b) Miss Lineman.
(c) Miss Marie.
(d) Miss Julie.

5. Which teacher does Frieda say called Bay Boy “incorrigival” in Part III?
(a) Miss Julia.
(b) Miss Forrester.
(c) Miss Erkmeister.
(d) Miss Barkley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the baby twin siblings of Pauline Williams called, according to the narrator in Part IV?

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. Claudia’s mother sings a song about trains where in the beginning of Part IV?

4. The sound of what town’s name “opens the windows of a room like the first four notes of a hymn,” according to Claudia in Part III?

5. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they acquire skills in order to get rid of “the funkiness” of what?

(see the answer key)

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