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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) “The waker.”
(b) “The dreamer.”
(c) “The analyst.”
(d) “The subject.”

2. What is Geraldine’s son called in Part III?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Paul.
(c) J.C.
(d) Junior.

3. What did Frieda’s father throw at Mr. Henry, knocking him off the porch, in Part IV?
(a) A tricycle.
(b) An axe.
(c) A chair.
(d) A glass bowl.

4. When Frieda tells Claudia what happened with Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry is compared to what townsperson in Part IV?
(a) Mr. MacTeer.
(b) Mr. Breedlove.
(c) Miss Bertha.
(d) Soaphead Church.

5. With what boy does Geraldine’s son play with, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Max Sidewell.
(b) Bay Boy.
(c) Ralph Nisensky.
(d) Joey Robinson.

6. Claudia says in Part III that she and Frieda always did their “Candy Dance” under the lilac bushes on the side of the house so that who would see and become jealous?
(a) M’Dear.
(b) Polly.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Pecola.

7. What were the baby twin siblings of Pauline Williams called, according to the narrator in Part IV?
(a) Coffee and muffins.
(b) Fish and chips.
(c) Biscuits and Gravy.
(d) Chicken and Pie.

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

9. With what animal does Geraldine’s son torment Pecola in Part III?
(a) A dog.
(b) A fish.
(c) A snake.
(d) A cat.

10. What neighbor told Mrs. MacTeer that Frieda should be taken to the doctor after the run-in with Mr. Henry in case she was “ruined” in Part IV?
(a) Essie Foster.
(b) Maureen Peal.
(c) Claudia MacTeer.
(d) Mrs. Dunion.

11. 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) “Drown himself.”
(b) “Light the house on fire.”
(c) “Hang himself.”
(d) “Shoot himself.”

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

13. What does the little girl call Mrs. Breedlove at the house where Mrs. Breedlove works in Part IV?
(a) Molly.
(b) Polly.
(c) Holly.
(d) Sally.

14. What does Claudia say that the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use to straighten their hair in Part III?
(a) Dixie Peach.
(b) Alligator fat.
(c) Turnip juice.
(d) Cocnut oil.

15. What were the names of Pauline Williams’s parents?
(a) Connie and Franklin Williams.
(b) Pauline and Frederick Williams.
(c) Ada and Fowler Williams.
(d) Beth and Forrest Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the prostitutes in Part III is described as “thin, aging, absentminded, and unaggressive”?

2. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they “hold their behind in for fear of a sway too” what, in Part III?

3. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?

4. The sound of what town’s name “opens the windows of a room like the first four notes of a hymn,” according to Claudia in Part III?

5. Where did Pauline Williams’s family move after World War I for the mines and millwork?

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