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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the names of Pauline Williams’s parents?
(a) Connie and Franklin Williams.
(b) Ada and Fowler Williams.
(c) Pauline and Frederick Williams.
(d) Beth and Forrest Williams.

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

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

5. The narrator refers to her father in Part III as a “wolf killer turned” what?
(a) “Pika trapper.”
(b) “Hawk fighter.”
(c) “Trout slayer.”
(d) “Deer hunter.”

6. Which movie does Maureen say the name Pecola is from in Part III?
(a) Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
(b) East of Eden.
(c) Imitation of Life.
(d) Vertigo.

7. 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) “Layin’ Down.”
(b) “The horizontal hustle.”
(c) “Fornicating.”
(d) “Nookey.”

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

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

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

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

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

13. What kind of lotion does Claudia say the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use in Part III?
(a) Jergins.
(b) Suave.
(c) Best Value.
(d) Lubriderm.

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

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

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

3. What game did Geraldine’s son “long to play with the black boys,” according to the narrator in Part III?

4. Mr. Henry tells Claudia and Frieda that the prostitutes who just left were what in Part III?

5. What does Mrs. MacTeer say “ate up” the prostitutes named China and Poland in Part IV?

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