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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What actress does Claudia claim to like, causing her sister and Pecola to give her a puzzled look and consider her incomprehensible, in Part II?
(a) Jane Withers.
(b) Katherine Hepburn.
(c) Marylin Monroe.
(d) Audrey Hepburn.

2. Who does Cholly’s aunt say his father was in Part IV?
(a) “That Yacobowski boy.”
(b) “That Fuller boy.”
(c) “That MacTeer boy.”
(d) “That Peal boy.”

3. Which teacher does Frieda say called Bay Boy “incorrigival” in Part III?
(a) Miss Julia.
(b) Miss Erkmeister.
(c) Miss Forrester.
(d) Miss Barkley.

4. The four major sections of the book are named for what?
(a) Presidents.
(b) Months.
(c) Seasons.
(d) Weekdays.

5. What famous slogan of the Civil Rights Movement was criticized by author Toni Morrison?
(a) “Black is Powerful.”
(b) “Black is Beautiful.”
(c) “Black is Human.”
(d) “Black is Back.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of lotion does Claudia say the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use in Part III?

2. Where does Pecola say the prostitute Poland is going to take her to see the Loop in Part IV?

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

4. Of Pecola, the narrator says in Part V, “Even her waking dreams we used--to silence our own” what?

5. What does the narrator say Aunt Jimmy died of in Part IV?

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