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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Cholly’s mother abandon him when he was four days old?
(a) At an orphanage.
(b) By the railroad.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) By church steps.

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

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

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

9. Where did Cholly Breedlove first find work when he came to Lorain, Ohio?
(a) The slaughterhouses.
(b) The river barges.
(c) The steel mills.
(d) The cornfields.

10. Who had at one time been the idols of Geraldine’s son, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. MacTeer.
(b) Mr. Breelove.
(c) Soaphead Church.
(d) Bay Boy and P.L.

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?

2. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?

3. What neighbor told Mrs. MacTeer that Frieda should be taken to the doctor after the run-in with Mr. Henry in case she was “ruined” in Part IV?

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

5. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?

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