2. What were the baby twin siblings of Pauline Williams called, according to the narrator in Part IV?
(a) Chicken and Pie.
(b) Coffee and muffins.
(c) Biscuits and Gravy.
(d) Fish and chips.

3. In what magazine does Claudia imagine the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken reading in Part III?
(a) The Justice Magazine.
(b) The Liberty Magazine.
(c) The Freedom Magazine.
(d) The Equality Magazine.

4. Claudia’s mother sings a song about trains where in the beginning of Part IV?
(a) Montana.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Arkansas.

5. What does Frieda say her mother hit Mr. Henry with in Part IV?
(a) A rolling pin.
(b) A fire poker.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A broom.

6. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?
(a) Shopping.
(b) At the library.
(c) At church.
(d) Weeding the garden.

7. The narrator refers to her father in Part III as a “wolf killer turned” what?
(a) “Hawk fighter.”
(b) “Pika trapper.”
(c) “Deer hunter.”
(d) “Trout slayer.”

8. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) George Washington Irving School.
(b) Benjamin Franklin School.
(c) Abraham Lincoln School.
(d) Washington Irving School.

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

10. What game did Geraldine’s son “long to play with the black boys,” according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) “Red Rover.”
(b) “Chess.”
(c) “King of the Mountain.”
(d) “Tag.”

11. What does Pecola say Maginot Line’s real name is in Part IV?
(a) Miss Lineman.
(b) Miss Marie.
(c) Miss Louis.
(d) Miss Julie.

12. 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) “Pleasure.”
(b) “Integrity.”
(c) “Refinement.”
(d) “Honor.”

13. Who is the gym teacher that Maureen describes as bow-legged in Part III?
(a) Miss Cain.
(b) Miss Erkmeister.
(c) Miss Forrester.
(d) Miss Peal.

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

15. 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) Elyria.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Meridian.

Short Answer Questions

1. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?

2. According to Frieda in Part III, Mrs. Cain told her mother that Woodward did what?

3. What notion does the narrator refer to in Part IV as “Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought”?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

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