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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. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “teacher education to instruct black children in” what?
(a) “Obedience.”
(b) “Science.”
(c) “Mathematics.”
(d) “Religion.”

2. Claudia’s mother sings a song about trains where in the beginning of Part IV?
(a) Montana.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) New Mexico.

3. The narrator compares her father’s eyes to a “cliff of snow threatening to” what, in Part III?
(a) “Erupt.”
(b) “Explode.”
(c) “Avalanche.”
(d) “Melt.”

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

5. Which of the prostitutes in town does Mrs. MacTeer say is a “ruined” woman?
(a) Miss Julia.
(b) Maginot Line.
(c) Miss Delia Jones.
(d) Miss Forrester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came running out with his gun during the conflict with Mr. Henry in Part IV?

2. What does Claudia say that the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use to straighten their hair in Part III?

3. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?

4. What kind of lotion does Claudia say the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use in Part III?

5. What do Claudia and Frieda hope to get from Pecola in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Maureen Peal described when she is first introduced in “Winter”?

7. What does Frieda say is the real reason she is crying when Claudia finds her in bed after Mr. Henry’s been kicked out in Part IV?

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

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

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

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