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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 does Claudia say that the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use to straighten their hair in Part III?
(a) Dixie Peach.
(b) Turnip juice.
(c) Cocnut oil.
(d) Alligator fat.

2. What did Frieda’s father throw at Mr. Henry, knocking him off the porch, in Part IV?
(a) A glass bowl.
(b) A tricycle.
(c) A chair.
(d) An axe.

3. What lake is near where Claudia and Frieda live in the novel?
(a) Lake Michigan.
(b) Lake Huron.
(c) Lake Superior.
(d) Lake Erie.

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

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

Short Answer 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?

2. 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?

3. Where did Pauline Williams’s family move after World War I for the mines and millwork?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mrs. Breedlove respond when she finds the spilled cobbler in “Spring”?

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

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

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

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

8. What exchange takes place between Maginot Line and Claudia and Frieda in “Spring”?

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

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

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