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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 neighbor told Mrs. MacTeer that Frieda should be taken to the doctor after the run-in with Mr. Henry in case she was “ruined” in Part IV?
(a) Maureen Peal.
(b) Essie Foster.
(c) Claudia MacTeer.
(d) Mrs. Dunion.

2. How does Pecola’s mother describe Pecola when she was born in Part IV?
(a) Chubby.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Cranky.

3. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they acquire skills in order to get rid of “the funkiness” of what?
(a) “Murder.”
(b) “Capitalism.”
(c) “Passion.”
(d) “Bigotry.”

4. Which teacher does Frieda say called Bay Boy “incorrigival” in Part III?
(a) Miss Julia.
(b) Miss Forrester.
(c) Miss Barkley.
(d) Miss Erkmeister.

5. 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) “Religion.”
(b) “Science.”
(c) “Obedience.”
(d) “Mathematics.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what animal does Geraldine’s son torment Pecola in Part III?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is Cholly Breedlove’s childhood described in “See Father…”? Who raised Cholly?

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

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

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

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