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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Maginot Line.
(c) China.
(d) Poland.

3. Who is described as “still trotting up and down Sixteenth Street talking to herself” in Part II?
(a) Auntie Julia.
(b) Miss Bertha.
(c) Baby Jenny.
(d) Miss Forrester.

4. In speaking of Cholly, Mrs. Breedlove says in Part IV, “I started to leave him once, but something came up. Once, after he tried to” do what?
(a) “Hang himself.”
(b) “Drown himself.”
(c) “Light the house on fire.”
(d) “Shoot himself.”

5. According to Toni Morrison in the book’s Foreword, “The extremity of Pecola's case stemmed largely from" what?
(a) “A series of bad choices.”
(b) “Societal pressures.”
(c) “The poorest of luck.”
(d) “A crippled and crippling family.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the little girl call Mrs. Breedlove at the house where Mrs. Breedlove works in Part IV?

2. Who does Cholly’s aunt say his father was in Part IV?

3. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?

4. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?

5. What movie star does Claudia say “smiled down at us” from the Dreamland Theater in Part III?

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