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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movie star does Claudia say “smiled down at us” from the Dreamland Theater in Part III?
(a) June Harver.
(b) Betty Grable.
(c) Ethel Merman.
(d) Alice Faye.

2. Who came running out with his gun during the conflict with Mr. Henry in Part IV?
(a) Mr. Yacobowski.
(b) Mr. Henry.
(c) Mr. Buford.
(d) Mr. Villanucci.

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

4. 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?
(a) “Refinement.”
(b) “Pleasure.”
(c) “Integrity.”
(d) “Honor.”

5. Which teacher does Frieda say called Bay Boy “incorrigival” in Part III?
(a) Miss Barkley.
(b) Miss Erkmeister.
(c) Miss Julia.
(d) Miss Forrester.

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

7. What is Maureen Peal said to have “even bought and liked” in Part III?
(a) White rice.
(b) White bread.
(c) White flour.
(d) White milk.

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

9. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they “hold their behind in for fear of a sway too” what, in Part III?
(a) “Wild.”
(b) “Retired.”
(c) “Wide.”
(d) “Free.”

10. What is Geraldine’s husband’s name in the novel?
(a) Junior.
(b) Fowler.
(c) Henry.
(d) Louis.

11. According to Frieda in Part III, Mrs. Cain told her mother that Woodward did what?
(a) Wet the bed.
(b) Sleepwalked.
(c) Had seizures.
(d) Had violent outbursts.

12. What does the narrator say Aunt Jimmy died of in Part IV?
(a) Brain cancer.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Peach cobbler.
(d) Drinking whiskey.

13. 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) “Shoot himself.”
(c) “Light the house on fire.”
(d) “Hang himself.”

14. How did Pauline Williams injure her foot when she was young?
(a) She kicked a door.
(b) She stepped on a rusty nail.
(c) She fell down the stairs.
(d) A dog bit her.

15. What flowers does the narrator say even now hold no cheer for her in the spring in Part IV?
(a) Forsythias.
(b) Magnolias.
(c) Jonquils.
(d) Tulips.

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 is Geraldine’s son called in Part III?

3. According to the narrator in Part III, Geraldine did not allow her son to do what?

4. What kind of lotion does Claudia say the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use in Part III?

5. What were the names of Pauline Williams’s parents?

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