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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part IV, “But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word” of whom?
(a) “The waker.”
(b) “The dreamer.”
(c) “The subject.”
(d) “The analyst.”

2. Frieda slams her books on whose head when she and Claudia encounter schoolboys taunting Pecola in Part III?
(a) Woodrow Cain’s.
(b) Dick's.
(c) Bay Boy's.
(d) P.L.'s.

3. When Frieda tells Claudia what happened with Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry is compared to what townsperson in Part IV?
(a) Miss Bertha.
(b) Mr. Breedlove.
(c) Mr. MacTeer.
(d) Soaphead Church.

4. With what animal does Geraldine’s son torment Pecola in Part III?
(a) A cat.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dog.
(d) A fish.

5. How old is Pecola when she lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description in Part II?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flowers does the narrator say even now hold no cheer for her in the spring in Part IV?

2. What does Mrs. MacTeer say “ate up” the prostitutes named China and Poland in Part IV?

3. What were the baby twin siblings of Pauline Williams called, according to the narrator in Part IV?

4. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?

5. Where does Pecola say the prostitute China is going to take her to see the square in Part IV?

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