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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. With what boy does Geraldine’s son play with, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Ralph Nisensky.
(b) Bay Boy.
(c) Max Sidewell.
(d) Joey Robinson.

2. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?
(a) “The weary master.”
(b) “The proud parents.”
(c) “Newborn babies.”
(d) “The elderly.”

3. Which of the prostitutes in Part III is described as “thin, aging, absentminded, and unaggressive”?
(a) China.
(b) Poland.
(c) Miss Marie.
(d) Maginot Line.

4. What is Geraldine’s husband’s name in the novel?
(a) Fowler.
(b) Junior.
(c) Louis.
(d) Henry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Claudia says in Part III that she and Frieda always did their “Candy Dance” under the lilac bushes on the side of the house so that who would see and become jealous?

2. Where did Cholly Breedlove first find work when he came to Lorain, Ohio?

3. According to the narrator in Part III, Geraldine did not allow her son to do what?

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

5. Maureen tells Claudia, Pecola and Frieda that her uncle sued which ice cream company in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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