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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 movie star does Claudia say “smiled down at us” from the Dreamland Theater in Part III?
(a) Alice Faye.
(b) June Harver.
(c) Betty Grable.
(d) Ethel Merman.

2. 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?
(a) “Shoot himself.”
(b) “Light the house on fire.”
(c) “Hang himself.”
(d) “Drown himself.”

3. What kind of lotion does Claudia say the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use in Part III?
(a) Best Value.
(b) Jergins.
(c) Suave.
(d) Lubriderm.

4. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they “hold their behind in for fear of a sway too” what, in Part III?
(a) “Retired.”
(b) “Wild.”
(c) “Wide.”
(d) “Free.”

5. What were the names of Pauline Williams’s parents?
(a) Connie and Franklin Williams.
(b) Pauline and Frederick Williams.
(c) Beth and Forrest Williams.
(d) Ada and Fowler Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?

2. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?

3. What does Claudia say that the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use to straighten their hair in Part III?

4. What does Frieda say her mother hit Mr. Henry with in Part IV?

5. Where did Pauline Williams’s family move after World War I for the mines and millwork?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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