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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pecola say the prostitute Poland is going to take her to see the Loop in Part IV?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Elyria.
(d) Cleveland.

2. What happens to Pecola’s baby in Part V?
(a) She abandons it on the railroad tracks.
(b) She gives it up for adoption.
(c) It is born prematurely and dies.
(d) He grows up to become a senator.

3. What does Pecola pray for every night, according to the narrator in Part II?
(a) Food to eat.
(b) A boyfriend.
(c) Blue eyes.
(d) A new dress.

4. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?
(a) Green and gold.
(b) Gold and blue.
(c) Blue and green.
(d) Green and white.

5. What lake is near where Claudia and Frieda live in the novel?
(a) Lake Erie.
(b) Lake Huron.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Superior.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?

3. Where did Cholly’s mother abandon him when he was four days old?

4. What name was Soaphead Church born with?

5. Mr. Henry tells Claudia and Frieda that the prostitutes who just left were what in Part III?

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