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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Celie’s real birth father die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) No one knows.
(c) He was lynched.
(d) He died of old age.

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

3. How long does Millie let Sofia visit with her family before taking her back home?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) A weekend.
(d) The entire afternoon.

4. How does Nettie react to the jungle surrounding Olinka?
(a) She is disgusted by the bugs.
(b) She is pleased with the weather.
(c) She is terrified by its vastness.
(d) She is overwhelmed with the greenery.

5. Where did Mr. hide Nettie’s letters?
(a) In his trunk.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) In a tree stump.
(d) In a box under his dirty clothes.

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

7. Who is the only person Celie has ever loved, aside from Nettie?
(a) Pa.
(b) Mr.
(c) Shug.
(d) Harpo.

8. Why does Celie want to see Pa before she moves to Memphis?
(a) To update him about Nettie.
(b) To confront him about her past.
(c) To ask him for money.
(d) To properly say goodbye.

9. Where do Mary Agnes and Grady live?
(a) Guatemala.
(b) Panama.
(c) Belize.
(d) Nicaragua.

10. What does Nettie accuse Mr. of doing on the night she tried to leave the house?
(a) Stealing what little savings she had left.
(b) Slapping her across the face.
(c) Calling the cops on her.
(d) Trying to rape her.

11. What does Mr. compare Celie to when she returns home from Memphis?
(a) A lion.
(b) A fish.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bird.

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

13. How did the reverend and his wife treat Nettie when she first arrived?
(a) The made her pay room and board, like a lodger.
(b) They hired her in as a maid.
(c) They welcomed her as a long lost family member.
(d) They ignored her completely.

14. What groundbreaking piece of information does Nettie reveal to Celie in one of her letters?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That Pa is not their real father.
(c) That their mother is still alive.
(d) That she has been having an affair with Samuel.

15. What type of farm do Mary Agnes and Grady run?
(a) Peyote.
(b) Mushroom.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Potato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Sofia’s mother’s funeral?

2. What does Mr. collect, which surprises Celie?

3. How does Shug react when she learns that Celie is no longer writing letters to God?

4. What country does Nettie travel to with the hopes of appealing to the government?

5. Why doesn’t Celie like the idea of Shug and Germaine dating?

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