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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the grocery store down the street from Pecola in Part II?
(a) Mr. Yacobowski.
(b) Miss Dunion.
(c) Woodrow Cain.
(d) Mr. Buford.

2. What does Pecola say Maginot Line’s real name is in Part IV?
(a) Miss Louis.
(b) Miss Lineman.
(c) Miss Julie.
(d) Miss Marie.

3. What does Frieda say her mother hit Mr. Henry with in Part IV?
(a) A rolling pin.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A broom.
(d) A fire poker.

4. Which of the prostitutes with Mr. Henry in Part III is described as “the one church women never allowed their eyes to rest on”?
(a) Miss Bertha.
(b) China.
(c) Poland.
(d) Maginot Line.

5. What name was Soaphead Church born with?
(a) Williams Smith.
(b) Anderson Williams Buford.
(c) Elihue Micah Whitcomb.
(d) James McAnderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Part IV, “But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word” of whom?

2. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?

3. According to Toni Morrison in the book’s Foreword, “The extremity of Pecola's case stemmed largely from" what?

4. Who arrives to play with Jane at the end of the story in Part I?

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

(see the answer key)

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