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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maureen tells Claudia, Pecola and Frieda that her uncle sued which ice cream company in Part III?
(a) Blue Bunny.
(b) Isaley’s.
(c) Breyer’s.
(d) Dove.

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

3. Who came running out with his gun during the conflict with Mr. Henry in Part IV?
(a) Mr. Villanucci.
(b) Mr. Yacobowski.
(c) Mr. Henry.
(d) Mr. Buford.

4. What does the little girl call Mrs. Breedlove at the house where Mrs. Breedlove works in Part IV?
(a) Holly.
(b) Polly.
(c) Sally.
(d) Molly.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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 Liberty Magazine.
(d) The Justice Magazine.

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

11. What movie star does Claudia say “smiled down at us” from the Dreamland Theater in Part III?
(a) Alice Faye.
(b) Betty Grable.
(c) June Harver.
(d) Ethel Merman.

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. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Sally.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Miss Buford.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What is Maureen Peal said to have “even bought and liked” in Part III?

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