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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. 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 cross.”
(b) “A gown.”
(c) “A lamb.”
(d) “An ark.”

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

6. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?
(a) “The elderly.”
(b) “The proud parents.”
(c) “The weary master.”
(d) “Newborn babies.”

7. 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) “Bigotry.”
(d) “Capitalism.”

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

9. Claudia’s mother sings a song about trains where in the beginning of Part IV?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Montana.
(d) Wyoming.

10. The narrator says in Part IV, “But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word” of whom?
(a) “The analyst.”
(b) “The subject.”
(c) “The waker.”
(d) “The dreamer.”

11. What did Frieda’s father throw at Mr. Henry, knocking him off the porch, in Part IV?
(a) An axe.
(b) A glass bowl.
(c) A tricycle.
(d) A chair.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What lake is near where Claudia and Frieda live in the novel?

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

4. What were the names of Pauline Williams’s parents?

5. Who does Cholly’s aunt say his father was in Part IV?

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