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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in the Foreword, “In trying to dramatize the devastation that even casual racial contempt can cause I chose a unique situation, not" what?
(a) “A realistic one.”
(b) “A classic one.”
(c) “A representative one.”
(d) “An imaginative one.”

2. 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?
(a) That the hatred is unjustified.
(b) That the hatred is accurate.
(c) That the hatred is justified.
(d) That the hatred is not accurate.

3. What does Jane’s father do when Jane asks him to play in the story from Part I?
(a) He says he is too busy.
(b) He cries.
(c) He gets mad.
(d) He smiles.

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

5. What does Frieda say her mother hit Mr. Henry with in Part IV?
(a) A fire poker.
(b) A broom.
(c) A rolling pin.
(d) A hammer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which movie does Maureen say the name Pecola is from in Part III?

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

3. What does Jane’s mother do when Jane asks her to play in the story from Part I?

4. Who is described as “still trotting up and down Sixteenth Street talking to herself” in Part II?

5. 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?

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