The Color Purple Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Color Purple Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nettie first notice about the Olinka people?

2. What season is it when Celie sees Pa for the last time?

3. What instrument does Germaine, Shug’s new boyfriend, play?

4. How did Celie’s real birth father die?

5. Who buys the Olinka land, threatening to take everything away from the villagers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the “surprise” that Shug brings home for the family at Christmas, and how does Mr. react?

2. What is Nettie’s first impression of the Senegalese people she meets during her travels?

3. How does Celie react when she learns that Mr. has been hiding Nettie’s letters?

4. Why is Sofia’s mother’s funeral unusual?

5. Who did Pa marry after Celie and Nettie moved out, and what does this suggest about his personality?

6. Who are Nettie and Celie’s birth parents?

7. Why did Shug’s parents kick her out of the house when she was growing up?

8. How is the outside world changing Olinka?

9. Why is Olivia the only girl at the Olinka School?

10. What coming-of-age ritual does Tashi partake in, and what is the reaction to her participation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the main difference between life in Olinka and life in America? How do the Olinka people react to the new missionaries when they arrive? How does this dynamic inform the race relations of America, where Shug and Celie are living? Be sure to include examples from the text to strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Squeak’s character growth. How is her character described when she is first introduced to the reader? What major event changes the way she views herself, and how does this affect her choices later in life? Why does Squeak revert back to her birth name, Mary Agnes? In what ways is Mary Agnes (Squeak) still a victim at the end of the novel, even though she has taken back her independence? Be sure to include examples from the text to strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the role of women, specifically black women, in the novel. What is the expected role that these women will take on? Are there any characters that fight against this expectation? If not, why? If so, what happens to them? Be sure to include examples from the text to strengthen your arguments.

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