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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Pauline Williams’s family move after World War I for the mines and millwork?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Ohio.
(d) South Carolina.

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

3. How many years of school did Pauline Williams attend?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frieda say she’s going to get potato chips while Claudia goes to buy ice cream with the money Mr. Henry gave them in Part III?

2. Where did Cholly’s mother abandon him when he was four days old?

3. Which of the prostitutes in town does Mrs. MacTeer say is a “ruined” woman?

4. In describing Pecola’s mother in Part IV, the narrator says, “Holding Cholly as a model of sin and failure, she bore him like a crown of thorns, and her children like” what?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the fresh cobbler come to be spilled in “Spring”? Who spills it?

2. What happens when Frieda, Claudia, and Maureen Peal encounter some schoolboys taunting Pecola in “Winter”?

3. How does the narrator describe the blooming flowers and twigs in the opening of “Spring”?

4. To whom do Claudia and Frieda turn in order to obtain whiskey in “Spring”? Why?

5. What are Claudia and Frieda’s feelings about Maureen Peal when she moves to Lorain in “Winter”?

6. How is Cholly Breedlove’s childhood described in “See Father…”? Who raised Cholly?

7. How does the narrator describe her father’s face in the opening of “Winter”? What imagery is used?

8. What leads to Claudia and Frieda buying snacks at Miss Bertha’s in Part III?

9. Why does Frieda tell Claudia has happened with Mr. Henry in the beginning of Part IV?

10. How does the narrator distinguish the difference between “colored girls” and “black girls” in “See the Cat…”?

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