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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maureen Peal said to have “even bought and liked” in Part III?
(a) White milk.
(b) White flour.
(c) White rice.
(d) White bread.

2. Pauline Williams was one of how many children in her family?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

3. 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 1932 Ford.
(c) A 1930 Chevrolet.
(d) A 1937 Cadillac.

4. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?
(a) Meringue Pie.
(b) Banana Peel.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) Molasses Syrup.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator in Part II says that her family’s house is “old, cold” and what color?

2. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?

3. With what animal does Geraldine’s son torment Pecola in Part III?

4. What did Frieda’s father throw at Mr. Henry, knocking him off the porch, in Part IV?

5. Which of the prostitutes in Part III is described as “thin, aging, absentminded, and unaggressive”?

(see the answer key)

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