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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 does Harpo blame for his strange bruises?
(a) His mule.
(b) His health.
(c) His wife.
(d) His new baby.

2. How long is Sofia sentenced for her crime?
(a) 12 days.
(b) 12 months.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 12 weeks.

3. Who is Celie writing to in the novel?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) God.

4. How does Celie react when Mr. returns home after his frolic with Shug?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is curious.
(c) She is depressed.
(d) She is jealous.

5. What does Harpo start have nightmares about after meeting Sofia?
(a) A life alone.
(b) His mother’s death.
(c) His father’s fists.
(d) Sofia marrying another man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sofia worry about Harpo doing too much?

2. What is Celie’s nickname for Henry Broadnax?

3. Which of the following characters receives most of Mr.’s praise at home?

4. Why is Celie jealous of Mr. and Shug at Harpo’s bar?

5. Who decides that Shug should come live in the house with Celie’s family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mr. and Celie come to be married?

2. How does Mr.’s family feel about having Shug in the house?

3. What obsessive behavior does Harpo start, and what does this suggest about his character?

4. How does Mr. react when Nettie comes to live with him, and why does she end up leaving?

5. What happens when Harpo and Sofia see each other for the first time at the juke joint?

6. How does Harpo’s juke joint fare when it first opens?

7. How many children does Celie give birth to, and what happens to them?

8. How does Sofia end up in jail?

9. How does Celie try to protect Nettie from Pa?

10. How does Harpo react to the news that Sofia’s father doesn’t think he’s good enough for her?

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