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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Geraldine’s husband’s name in the novel?
(a) Fowler.
(b) Louis.
(c) Henry.
(d) Junior.

4. How many years of school did Pauline Williams attend?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

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

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

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

8. What do Claudia and Frieda hope to get from Pecola in Part IV?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Rum.

9. What lake is near where Claudia and Frieda live in the novel?
(a) Lake Superior.
(b) Lake Erie.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Huron.

10. 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) Pecola.
(b) Polly.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) M’Dear.

11. Maureen tells Claudia, Pecola and Frieda that her uncle sued which ice cream company in Part III?
(a) Isaley’s.
(b) Blue Bunny.
(c) Dove.
(d) Breyer’s.

12. 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) Land-grant colleges.
(c) Community colleges.
(d) Ivy League colleges.

13. 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?
(a) “Wide.”
(b) “Retired.”
(c) “Wild.”
(d) “Free.”

14. Where did Pauline Williams’s family move after World War I for the mines and millwork?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Ohio.

15. Where does Pecola say the prostitute Poland is going to take her to see the Loop in Part IV?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Elyria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pecola say the prostitute China is going to take her to see the square in Part IV?

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

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

4. According to the narrator in Part III, Geraldine did not allow her son 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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