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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. Who is described as a “competent midwife and decisive diagnostician” during Aunt Jimmy’s illness in Part IV?
(a) Maginot Line.
(b) M'Dear.
(c) Mrs. Dunion.
(d) Miss Forrester.

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

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

4. 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) “Religion.”
(c) “Mathematics.”
(d) “Science.”

5. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?
(a) At the library.
(b) Weeding the garden.
(c) Shopping.
(d) At church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the names of Pauline Williams’s parents?

2. How many years of school did Pauline Williams attend?

3. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?

4. Which of the prostitutes in town does Mrs. MacTeer say is a “ruined” woman?

5. How did Pauline Williams injure her foot when she was young?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when Frieda, Claudia, and Maureen Peal encounter some schoolboys taunting Pecola in “Winter”?

10. How does the conflict between Maureen, Claudia, Frieda, and Pecola escalate in “Winter”?

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