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

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

3. How did Pauline Williams injure her foot when she was young?
(a) A dog bit her.
(b) She fell down the stairs.
(c) She kicked a door.
(d) She stepped on a rusty nail.

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

5. The “competent midwife and decisive diagnostician” tells Aunt Jimmy to drink nothing but what when she is ill in Part IV?
(a) Pot liquor.
(b) Orange Juice.
(c) Water.
(d) Whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the gym teacher that Maureen describes as bow-legged in Part III?

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

4. With what boy does Geraldine’s son play with, according to the narrator in Part III?

5. When Frieda tells Claudia what happened with Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry is compared to what townsperson in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Pauline Breedlove’s feelings about motherhood, according to the narrator in “See Mother…”?

2. What misunderstanding at the ice cream parlor contributes to the growing tension between Claudia and Maureen in “Winter”?

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

4. “See the Cat…” begins with a discussion of what “types of girls”? Where are these individuals from?

5. How are Pauline Williams’s early years described in “See Mother…”?

6. What are the perceptions of Claudia and Frieda as they wait to leave with Pecola from her mother’s workplace in “Spring”?

7. Who do Claudia and Frieda encounter leaving their house when they return from Miss Bertha’s store in Part III?

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

9. What does Mr. Henry tell Claudia and Frieda about his unexpected guests in Part III? What do the girls do?

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

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