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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 do Claudia and Frieda hope to get from Pecola in Part IV?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Rum.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Whiskey.
2. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Molasses Syrup.
(c) Meringue Pie.
(d) Banana Peel.
3. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?
(a) The Freedom Magazine.
(b) The Justice Magazine.
(c) The Liberty Magazine.
(d) The Equality Magazine.
4. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?
(a) Sally.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Miss Buford.
5. The narrator refers to her father in Part III as a “wolf killer turned” what?
(a) “Deer hunter.”
(b) “Hawk fighter.”
(c) “Pika trapper.”
(d) “Trout slayer.”
Short Answer Questions
1. Who came running out with his gun during the conflict with Mr. Henry in Part IV?
2. What did Frieda’s father throw at Mr. Henry, knocking him off the porch, in Part IV?
3. Who is the gym teacher that Maureen describes as bow-legged in Part III?
4. In speaking of Cholly, Mrs. Breedlove says in Part IV, “I started to leave him once, but something came up. Once, after he tried to” do what?
5. What does the narrator say Aunt Jimmy died of in Part IV?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Maureen Peal described when she is first introduced in “Winter”?
2. What misunderstanding at the ice cream parlor contributes to the growing tension between Claudia and Maureen in “Winter”?
3. How is Geraldine’s family described in “See the Cat…”? Upon what does Geraldine focus her affection?
4. What leads to Claudia and Frieda buying snacks at Miss Bertha’s in Part III?
5. How does the narrator distinguish the difference between “colored girls” and “black girls” in “See the Cat…”?
6. What are Pauline Breedlove’s feelings about motherhood, according to the narrator in “See Mother…”?
7. How are Pauline Williams’s early years described in “See Mother…”?
8. What happens when Frieda, Claudia, and Maureen Peal encounter some schoolboys taunting Pecola in “Winter”?
9. Where do Frieda and Claudia go to find Pecola after their exchange with Maginot Line in “Spring”? How is this setting described?
10. How does Mrs. Breedlove respond when she finds the spilled cobbler in “Spring”?
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