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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 86-90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Celie start sewing to keep her mind off killing Mr.?
(a) Dresses.
(b) Pants.
(c) Quilts.
(d) Christening gowns.

2. What country does Nettie travel to with the hopes of appealing to the government?
(a) Canada.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

3. How does Corinne die?
(a) She succumbs after a long battle with cancer.
(b) She suffers from an untreated STD.
(c) She has a heart attack.
(d) She catches African fever.

4. Where does Shug own a beautiful new home?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Minneapolis.

5. What is unusual about Sofia’s mother’s funeral?
(a) The funeral is for “whites only.”
(b) No one is invited to the service.
(c) She asks to be buried at sea.
(d) She has all female pallbearers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Mary Agnes and Grady live?

2. Why is Mr. upset with the townsfolk after Shug moves in with him?

3. What bothers Celie about her father’s new wife?

4. Why does Harpo think Sofia refuses to mind him?

5. Why did Nettie decide to move out of Mr.’s house?

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