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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 came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Miss Buford.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Sally.

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

3. The narrator refers to her father in Part III as a “wolf killer turned” what?
(a) “Pika trapper.”
(b) “Hawk fighter.”
(c) “Deer hunter.”
(d) “Trout slayer.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator define “colored people” in Part III?

2. What game did Geraldine’s son “long to play with the black boys,” according to the narrator in Part III?

3. Who had at one time been the idols of Geraldine’s son, according to the narrator in Part III?

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

5. Where did Cholly’s mother abandon him when he was four days old?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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