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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. In describing Pecola’s mother in Part IV, the narrator says, “Holding Cholly as a model of sin and failure, she bore him like a crown of thorns, and her children like” what?
(a) “A cross.”
(b) “A gown.”
(c) “An ark.”
(d) “A lamb.”

4. 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 justified.
(b) That the hatred is not accurate.
(c) That the hatred is unjustified.
(d) That the hatred is accurate.

5. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?
(a) “Newborn babies.”
(b) “The weary master.”
(c) “The proud parents.”
(d) “The elderly.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?

2. Mrs. MacTeer exclaims during her diatribe in Part II, “I got about as much business with another mouth to feed as a cat has with” what?

3. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?

4. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?

5. What does Pecola pray for every night, according to the narrator in Part II?

(see the answer key)

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