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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pecola say the prostitute China is going to take her to see the square in Part IV?
(a) New York.
(b) Elyria.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Chicago.

2. 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) “A cross.”
(c) “A gown.”
(d) “An ark.”

3. 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) Mrs. Dunion.
(b) Essie Foster.
(c) Claudia MacTeer.
(d) Maureen Peal.

4. The narrator compares her father’s eyes to a “cliff of snow threatening to” what, in Part III?
(a) “Avalanche.”
(b) “Erupt.”
(c) “Melt.”
(d) “Explode.”

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

6. Where does Frieda say she’s going to get potato chips while Claudia goes to buy ice cream with the money Mr. Henry gave them in Part III?
(a) Miss Erkmeister’s.
(b) Miss Bertha's.
(c) Miss Forrester's.
(d) Miss Julie's.

7. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?
(a) Miss Buford.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Sally.
(d) Maureen.

8. According to the narrator in Part III, Geraldine did not allow her son to do what?
(a) Eat.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Yell.
(d) Cry.

9. Where does Maginot Line say Pecola has gone when Claudia and Frieda come looking for her in Part IV?
(a) Her grandparent's house.
(b) Her mother’s workplace.
(c) Her aunt's house.
(d) Her father's workplace.

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

11. What kind of lotion does Claudia say the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use in Part III?
(a) Best Value.
(b) Suave.
(c) Jergins.
(d) Lubriderm.

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

13. How does Pecola’s mother describe Pecola when she was born in Part IV?
(a) Cranky.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Chubby.

14. What does Mrs. MacTeer say “ate up” the prostitutes named China and Poland in Part IV?
(a) Overeating.
(b) Going to church.
(c) Quitting school.
(d) Drinking whiskey.

15. 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) China.
(b) Maginot Line.
(c) Poland.
(d) Miss Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pecola say Maginot Line’s real name is in Part IV?

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

3. Which teacher does Frieda say called Bay Boy “incorrigival” in Part III?

4. Frieda slams her books on whose head when she and Claudia encounter schoolboys taunting Pecola in Part III?

5. The narrator says in Part IV, “Even now spring for me is shot through with the remembered ache of” what?

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