1. Who owns the grocery store down the street from Pecola in Part II?
(a) Woodrow Cain.
(b) Miss Dunion.
(c) Mr. Buford.
(d) Mr. Yacobowski.

2. In speaking of Cholly, Mrs. Breedlove says in Part IV, “I started to leave him once, but something came up. Once, after he tried to” do what?
(a) “Drown himself.”
(b) “Light the house on fire.”
(c) “Shoot himself.”
(d) “Hang himself.”

3. The narrator says in Part II, “So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want” what?
(a) “My money.”
(b) “My help.”
(c) “My advice.”
(d) “Me to die.”

4. 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?
(a) Mrs. Dunion.
(b) Essie Foster.
(c) Maureen Peal.
(d) Claudia MacTeer.

5. When Frieda tells Claudia what happened with Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry is compared to what townsperson in Part IV?
(a) Mr. MacTeer.
(b) Mr. Breedlove.
(c) Miss Bertha.
(d) Soaphead Church.

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. Who does Cholly’s aunt say his father was in Part IV?

3. How old is the narrator’s sister in Part II?

4. Who is the narrator of Part I?

5. The author describes the burgeoning self-esteem of children as “before their ego has” what, in the book’s Foreword?

(see the answer key)

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