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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, “Even now spring for me is shot through with the remembered ache of” what?
(a) “Switchings.”
(b) “Swattings.”
(c) “Spankings.”
(d) “Swattings.”

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

3. 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 Julie's.
(b) Miss Forrester's.
(c) Miss Bertha's.
(d) Miss Erkmeister’s.

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

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

6. Frieda slams her books on whose head when she and Claudia encounter schoolboys taunting Pecola in Part III?
(a) Woodrow Cain’s.
(b) P.L.'s.
(c) Bay Boy's.
(d) Dick's.

7. Who does Cholly’s aunt say his father was in Part IV?
(a) “That Yacobowski boy.”
(b) “That Fuller boy.”
(c) “That MacTeer boy.”
(d) “That Peal boy.”

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

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

10. Which of the prostitutes in town does Mrs. MacTeer say is a “ruined” woman?
(a) Miss Julia.
(b) Miss Forrester.
(c) Maginot Line.
(d) Miss Delia Jones.

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

12. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?
(a) The Justice Magazine.
(b) The Equality Magazine.
(c) The Liberty Magazine.
(d) The Freedom Magazine.

13. How does the narrator define “colored people” in Part III?
(a) “Neat and quiet.”
(b) “Quiet and dangerous.”
(c) “Loud and obnoxious.”
(d) “Sinful but pretty.”

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

15. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?
(a) Meringue Pie.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) Molasses Syrup.
(d) Banana Peel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Pauline Williams injure her foot when she was young?

3. What is Maureen Peal said to have “even bought and liked” in Part III?

4. What is Geraldine’s husband’s name in the novel?

5. The narrator compares her father’s eyes to a “cliff of snow threatening to” what, in Part III?

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