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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which teacher does Frieda say called Bay Boy “incorrigival” in Part III?
(a) Miss Barkley.
(b) Miss Forrester.
(c) Miss Erkmeister.
(d) Miss Julia.

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

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

6. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?
(a) “The horizontal hustle.”
(b) “Nookey.”
(c) “Fornicating.”
(d) “Layin’ Down.”

7. Pauline Williams was one of how many children in her family?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

8. Where does Maginot Line say Pecola has gone when Claudia and Frieda come looking for her in Part IV?
(a) Her mother’s workplace.
(b) Her aunt's house.
(c) Her father's workplace.
(d) Her grandparent's house.

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they “learn how to do the white man's work with” what, in Part III?
(a) “Integrity.”
(b) “Refinement.”
(c) “Pleasure.”
(d) “Honor.”

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pecola’s mother describe Pecola when she was born in Part IV?

2. Which movie does Maureen say the name Pecola is from in Part III?

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

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

5. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they “hold their behind in for fear of a sway too” what, in Part III?

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