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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sofia react to being slapped?
(a) She leaves the bar.
(b) She laughs in Squeak’s face.
(c) She punches Squeak in the face.
(d) She ignores Squeak completely.

2. What does Nettie first notice about the Olinka people?
(a) Their white teeth.
(b) Their welcoming spirit.
(c) Their bare chests.
(d) Their long dreadlocks.

3. How does Celie picture God?
(a) As a white man with a long white beard.
(b) As a genderless, ageless entity, like a cloud in the sky.
(c) As a beast similar to the devil.
(d) As a black man who lives in the shadows.

4. How does Celie feel when Shug suggests moving out?
(a) Manic.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Depressed.

5. What does Celie do when she overhears Shug and Mr. having sex on the night before Shug moves out?
(a) She prays.
(b) She screams into her pillow.
(c) She masturbates and cries.
(d) Nothing – she is completely apathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Billy try to kick Sofia while she is watching him?

2. What makes Shug feel well enough to move out of Mr.’s house?

3. How does Mr. encourage Harpo to keep his wife in line?

4. Why do the Olinka people pity Nettie?

5. How did the reverend and his wife treat Nettie when she first arrived?

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