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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 the narrator’s sister in Part II?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 13.
(d) 2.

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

3. The narrator compares her father’s eyes to a “cliff of snow threatening to” what, in Part III?
(a) “Erupt.”
(b) “Melt.”
(c) “Explode.”
(d) “Avalanche.”

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

5. In the second narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what is missing?
(a) Punctuation and capitalization.
(b) Every other word.
(c) Spacing.
(d) Every noun.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in the novel's Foreword, "There can't be anyone, I am sure, who doesn't know what it feels like to be" what "momentarily or for sustained periods of time"?

2. What neighbor told Mrs. MacTeer that Frieda should be taken to the doctor after the run-in with Mr. Henry in case she was “ruined” in Part IV?

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?

4. How old is Sammy when he lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description from Part II?

5. What does Frieda say her mother hit Mr. Henry with in Part IV?

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