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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Cholly’s mother abandon him when he was four days old?
(a) By church steps.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At an orphanage.
(d) By the railroad.

2. In speaking of Cholly, Mrs. Breedlove says in Part IV, “I started to leave him once, but something came up. Once, after he tried to” do what?
(a) “Drown himself.”
(b) “Hang himself.”
(c) “Light the house on fire.”
(d) “Shoot himself.”

3. What notion does the narrator refer to in Part IV as “Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought”?
(a) Racial inequality.
(b) Desire for money.
(c) Religious beliefs.
(d) Physical beauty.

4. Who is described as “still trotting up and down Sixteenth Street talking to herself” in Part II?
(a) Baby Jenny.
(b) Auntie Julia.
(c) Miss Bertha.
(d) Miss Forrester.

5. With what boy does Geraldine’s son play with, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Joey Robinson.
(b) Max Sidewell.
(c) Ralph Nisensky.
(d) Bay Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III that they go to what kind of colleges?

2. What is the name of Pecola’s brother in the novel?

3. Where is Pecola’s father when she goes to stay with the MacTeer family in Part II?

4. Who came running out with his gun during the conflict with Mr. Henry in Part IV?

5. Where is the abandoned store that is described in Part II as “on the southeast corner of Broadway and Thirty-fifth Street”?

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