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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Elyria.
(d) Meridian.

2. What does Mrs. MacTeer say “ate up” the prostitutes named China and Poland in Part IV?
(a) Drinking whiskey.
(b) Quitting school.
(c) Going to church.
(d) Overeating.

3. 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.

4. Where does Pecola say the prostitute China is going to take her to see the square in Part IV?
(a) New York.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Elyria.
(d) Chicago.

5. 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 weary master.”
(b) “The elderly.”
(c) “Newborn babies.”
(d) “The proud parents.”

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

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

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

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

10. 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) “Bigotry.”
(b) “Murder.”
(c) “Passion.”
(d) “Capitalism.”

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

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

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

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

15. What does the narrator say Aunt Jimmy died of in Part IV?
(a) Peach cobbler.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Drinking whiskey.
(d) Brain cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the prostitutes in Part III is described as “thin, aging, absentminded, and unaggressive”?

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

3. Who had at one time been the idols of Geraldine’s son, according to the narrator in Part III?

4. Pauline Williams was one of how many children in her family?

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

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