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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. The narrator says in Part IV, “Even now spring for me is shot through with the remembered ache of” what?
(a) “Spankings.”
(b) “Swattings.”
(c) “Swattings.”
(d) “Switchings.”

2. Where does Maginot Line say Pecola has gone when Claudia and Frieda come looking for her in Part IV?
(a) Her aunt's house.
(b) Her grandparent's house.
(c) Her father's workplace.
(d) Her mother’s workplace.

3. 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) Racial inequality.
(c) Desire for money.
(d) Religious beliefs.

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

5. The narrator says in Part IV, “But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word” of whom?
(a) “The waker.”
(b) “The analyst.”
(c) “The subject.”
(d) “The dreamer.”

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. What movie star does Claudia say “smiled down at us” from the Dreamland Theater in Part III?

3. Which movie does Maureen say the name Pecola is from in Part III?

4. Who is described as a “competent midwife and decisive diagnostician” during Aunt Jimmy’s illness in Part IV?

5. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where do Frieda and Claudia go to find Pecola after their exchange with Maginot Line in “Spring”? How is this setting described?

7. How is Geraldine’s family described in “See the Cat…”? Upon what does Geraldine focus her affection?

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

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

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

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