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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) M’Dear.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Polly.

2. What flowers does the narrator say even now hold no cheer for her in the spring in Part IV?
(a) Forsythias.
(b) Magnolias.
(c) Jonquils.
(d) Tulips.

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

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

5. 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 Bertha's.
(c) Miss Erkmeister’s.
(d) Miss Forrester's.

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. 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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is Maureen Peal said to have “even bought and liked” in Part III?
(a) White flour.
(b) White bread.
(c) White milk.
(d) White rice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Cholly Breedlove first find work when he came to Lorain, Ohio?

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. What does Claudia say that the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use to straighten their hair in Part III?

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

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