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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 compares her father’s eyes to a “cliff of snow threatening to” what, in Part III?
(a) “Erupt.”
(b) “Melt.”
(c) “Explode.”
(d) “Avalanche.”

2. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Miss Buford.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Sally.

3. The sound of what town’s name “opens the windows of a room like the first four notes of a hymn,” according to Claudia in Part III?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Meridian.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Elyria.

4. What do Claudia and Frieda hope to get from Pecola in Part IV?
(a) Rum.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Whiskey.

5. Where does Frieda say she’s going to get potato chips while Claudia goes to buy ice cream with the money Mr. Henry gave them in Part III?
(a) Miss Forrester's.
(b) Miss Julie's.
(c) Miss Bertha's.
(d) Miss Erkmeister’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudia say that the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use to straighten their hair in Part III?

2. What did Frieda’s father throw at Mr. Henry, knocking him off the porch, in Part IV?

3. What does the narrator say Aunt Jimmy died of in Part IV?

4. When Frieda tells Claudia what happened with Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry is compared to what townsperson in Part IV?

5. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they “learn how to do the white man's work with” what, in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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