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

2. What instrument does Germaine, Shug’s new boyfriend, play?
(a) The saxophone.
(b) The flute.
(c) The drums.
(d) The guitar.

3. What does Celie place as markers over her birthparent’s graves?
(a) An old horseshoe.
(b) Wooden crosses.
(c) Bouquets of flowers.
(d) Nothing.

4. Why does Billy try to kick Sofia while she is watching him?
(a) He doesn’t want a black woman in the house.
(b) She insulted his father.
(c) She muttered a racist phrase under her breath.
(d) She refused to throw the ball to him.

5. What does Celie feed Henrietta when she is sick, a trick she learned from Nettie’s letters?
(a) Yams.
(b) Rootleaf.
(c) Clay.
(d) Cinnamon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the ship Nettie sails to Olinla?

3. What is the name of Corrine’s husband?

4. Which of the following is NOT a place Nettie stops on her way to Olinka?

5. Why don’t the Olinka people educate their daughters?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pa react when Celie tells him that she knows the truth about her birth parents?

2. What is the most eye-opening experience for Nettie when she is in New York?

3. Where are Celie’s parents buried, and what marks their headstones?

4. How is the outside world changing Olinka?

5. How does Celie react to the news that Pa has died?

6. Why is Olivia the only girl at the Olinka School?

7. What is rootleaf and why is it important to the Olinkans?

8. How do Tashi’s parents feel about her befriending Olivia?

9. How did Nettie come to live in Africa?

10. Who did Pa marry after Celie and Nettie moved out, and what does this suggest about his personality?

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