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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What notion does the narrator refer to in Part IV as “Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought”?
(a) Religious beliefs.
(b) Racial inequality.
(c) Physical beauty.
(d) Desire for money.

2. What does the narrator say has become of Pecola’s father in Part I?
(a) He has left town.
(b) He’s become President.
(c) He has become rich.
(d) He has died.

3. Where did Cholly Breedlove’s father live after he left town when Cholly was born?
(a) Macon, Georgia.
(b) Denver, Colorado.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Cleveland, Ohio.

4. What were Claudia and Frieda planning on buying with the money saved from selling seeds in Part V?
(a) A dollhouse.
(b) A doll.
(c) A car.
(d) A bicycle.

5. How did Pauline Williams injure her foot when she was young?
(a) A dog bit her.
(b) She stepped on a rusty nail.
(c) She fell down the stairs.
(d) She kicked a door.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Part V of the flowers that never grew, “I was convinced that Frieda was right, that I had planted them too” what?

2. In the third narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what has been taken away?

3. What game did Geraldine’s son “long to play with the black boys,” according to the narrator in Part III?

4. Frieda and Claudia discover the Pecola has become impregnated by whom in Part V?

5. What do the narrator and her sister receive at the start of the school year in Part II?

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