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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 Toni Morrison refer to as the “most delicate member of society” in the book’s Foreword?
(a) An old man.
(b) A new bride.
(c) A child.
(d) An old woman.

2. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?
(a) At church.
(b) At the library.
(c) Weeding the garden.
(d) Shopping.

3. In the third narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what has been taken away?
(a) Vowels.
(b) Consonants.
(c) Spacing.
(d) Punctuation.

4. Where does Maginot Line say Pecola has gone when Claudia and Frieda come looking for her in Part IV?
(a) Her grandparent's house.
(b) Her father's workplace.
(c) Her aunt's house.
(d) Her mother’s workplace.

5. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?
(a) A 1939 Buick.
(b) A 1937 Cadillac.
(c) A 1932 Ford.
(d) A 1930 Chevrolet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?

2. With whom had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?

3. How many years of school did Pauline Williams attend?

4. In speaking of Pecola’s father in Part I, the narrator says, “Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his” what?

5. Claudia says in Part III that she and Frieda always did their “Candy Dance” under the lilac bushes on the side of the house so that who would see and become jealous?

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