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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maureen tells Claudia, Pecola and Frieda that her uncle sued which ice cream company in Part III?
(a) Dove.
(b) Blue Bunny.
(c) Isaley’s.
(d) Breyer’s.

2. In describing Pecola’s mother in Part IV, the narrator says, “Holding Cholly as a model of sin and failure, she bore him like a crown of thorns, and her children like” what?
(a) “A cross.”
(b) “A lamb.”
(c) “An ark.”
(d) “A gown.”

3. How does the narrator define “colored people” in Part III?
(a) “Sinful but pretty.”
(b) “Quiet and dangerous.”
(c) “Neat and quiet.”
(d) “Loud and obnoxious.”

4. Where does Pecola say the prostitute China is going to take her to see the square in Part IV?
(a) New York.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Elyria.

5. How many years of school did Pauline Williams attend?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?

2. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?

3. With what animal does Geraldine’s son torment Pecola in Part III?

4. According to Toni Morrison in the book’s Foreword, “The extremity of Pecola's case stemmed largely from" what?

5. In the second narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what is missing?

(see the answer key)

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