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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What vice deeply affects Eleanor Jane in her home?
(a) Drug addiction.
(b) Sexual abuse.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Prostitution.
2. Why don’t the Olinka people educate their daughters?
(a) Because they think girls are too stupid to learn.
(b) Because the schools aren’t large enough to accommodate all the students.
(c) Because they believe women have other responsibilities.
(d) Because education is very expensive, so it’s reserved for boys.
3. How did Celie’s real birth father die?
(a) He was lynched.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He died of old age.
(d) No one knows.
4. What does Grady call Shug, which deeply annoys Celie?
(a) Lady.
(b) Girl.
(c) Honey.
(d) Mama.
5. Where does Nettie live?
(a) Australia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.
6. Where does Shug own a beautiful new home?
(a) Memphis.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Little Rock.
7. How did the reverend and his wife treat Nettie when she first arrived?
(a) The made her pay room and board, like a lodger.
(b) They welcomed her as a long lost family member.
(c) They hired her in as a maid.
(d) They ignored her completely.
8. What season is it when Celie sees Pa for the last time?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.
9. Why doesn’t Celie like the idea of Shug and Germaine dating?
(a) All of the answers are true.
(b) Because Shug is still married to Grady.
(c) Because she is jealous of Shug’s love.
(d) Because Germaine is too young for her.
10. Where do Mary Agnes and Grady live?
(a) Guatemala.
(b) Panama.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Belize.
11. Where did Mr. hide Nettie’s letters?
(a) In a tree stump.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) In a box under his dirty clothes.
(d) In his trunk.
12. How does Celie picture God?
(a) As a genderless, ageless entity, like a cloud in the sky.
(b) As a beast similar to the devil.
(c) As a white man with a long white beard.
(d) As a black man who lives in the shadows.
13. How many children does Corrine have?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.
14. How does Celie feel when she finds all the letters Mr. has hidden from her?
(a) Confused.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Murderous.
15. Which of the following is NOT a place Nettie stops on her way to Olinka?
(a) Senegal.
(b) New York City.
(c) The Azures Islands.
(d) England.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Celie want to see Pa before she moves to Memphis?
2. What does Celie start sewing to keep her mind off killing Mr.?
3. What is the name of Corrine’s husband?
4. What type of farm do Mary Agnes and Grady run?
5. How does Shug react when she learns that Celie is no longer writing letters to God?
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