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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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) Rosemary.
(c) Polly.
(d) Pecola.

3. 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?
(a) “Layin’ Down.”
(b) “Nookey.”
(c) “The horizontal hustle.”
(d) “Fornicating.”

4. According to Frieda in Part III, Mrs. Cain told her mother that Woodward did what?
(a) Had seizures.
(b) Sleepwalked.
(c) Wet the bed.
(d) Had violent outbursts.

5. In describing Pecola’s mother in Part IV, the narrator says, “Holding Cholly as a model of sin and failure, she bore him like a crown of thorns, and her children like” what?
(a) “A lamb.”
(b) “An ark.”
(c) “A cross.”
(d) “A gown.”

6. What game did Geraldine’s son “long to play with the black boys,” according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) “Red Rover.”
(b) “Tag.”
(c) “King of the Mountain.”
(d) “Chess.”

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

8. Mr. Henry tells Claudia and Frieda that the prostitutes who just left were what in Part III?
(a) School teachers.
(b) Undercover police women.
(c) Members of his Bible class.
(d) Spies for a foreign government.

9. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III that they go to what kind of colleges?
(a) Ivory League colleges.
(b) Community colleges.
(c) Ivy League colleges.
(d) Land-grant colleges.

10. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “teacher education to instruct black children in” what?
(a) “Obedience.”
(b) “Mathematics.”
(c) “Religion.”
(d) “Science.”

11. The narrator refers to her father in Part III as a “wolf killer turned” what?
(a) “Pika trapper.”
(b) “Hawk fighter.”
(c) “Trout slayer.”
(d) “Deer hunter.”

12. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Benjamin Franklin School.
(b) George Washington Irving School.
(c) Abraham Lincoln School.
(d) Washington Irving School.

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

14. Who came running out with his gun during the conflict with Mr. Henry in Part IV?
(a) Mr. Yacobowski.
(b) Mr. Buford.
(c) Mr. Henry.
(d) Mr. Villanucci.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Geraldine’s son called in Part III?

2. What does Claudia say that the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use to straighten their hair in Part III?

3. 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?

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?

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

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