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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) “Drown himself.”
(d) “Light the house on fire.”

4. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they acquire skills in order to get rid of “the funkiness” of what?
(a) “Passion.”
(b) “Murder.”
(c) “Capitalism.”
(d) “Bigotry.”

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

6. Pauline Williams was one of how many children in her family?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

7. What notion does the narrator refer to in Part IV as “Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought”?
(a) Racial inequality.
(b) Desire for money.
(c) Religious beliefs.
(d) Physical beauty.

8. 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) “Retired.”
(b) “Free.”
(c) “Wide.”
(d) “Wild.”

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

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

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

12. 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 Julie's.
(d) Miss Forrester's.

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

14. Which of the prostitutes in Part III is described as “thin, aging, absentminded, and unaggressive”?
(a) China.
(b) Poland.
(c) Maginot Line.
(d) Miss Marie.

15. 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) Land-grant colleges.
(b) Ivy League colleges.
(c) Ivory League colleges.
(d) Community colleges.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator refers to her father in Part III as a “wolf killer turned” what?

2. What does Mrs. MacTeer say “ate up” the prostitutes named China and Poland in Part IV?

3. Which of the prostitutes with Mr. Henry in Part III is described as “the one church women never allowed their eyes to rest on”?

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. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?

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