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The Color Purple Quiz 1

  • 1. When does Celie first hear about Shug?
    •     From Nettie, in one of her letters
    •     From her mother, who produces a portrait of her
    •     From Albert, who tells Celie about her
    •     From her stepmother, who produces a photograph of her

  • 2. How many children do Albert and Shug have together?
    •     None
    •     Four
    •     Three
    •     One

  • 3. When Nettie is forced to leave Albert's house, where does she go?
    •     Harlem
    •     To find the Reverend Mr. ______'s wife
    •     A ship to Africa
    •     Back home to Alfonso

  • 4. Samuel and Corrine name a child Pauline but call her Olivia because she looks like an Olivia. Who actually names Olivia?
    •     Nettie
    •     Alfonso
    •     Samuel and Corrine
    •     Celie

  • 5. Where does Celie first meet Corrine?
    •     When they are at a store in town
    •     When Corrine comes to visit her at Albert's
    •     When Corrine collects Adam and Olivia for adoption
    •     When she is in town with Nettie

  • 6. Why is Adam angry with Tashi when he first sees her after his return from England?
    •     Because she tells him she loves him
    •     Because she has undergone the Olinka scarring and female initiation ceremony
    •     Because she hides from him
    •     Because she is angry that he left for England

  • 7. Who is Celie's real father?
    •     Albert
    •     The warden at Sofia's jail
    •     Alfonso
    •     A prosperous black farmer

  • 8. When does Squeak first insist that Harpo call her Mary Agnes?
    •     When she starts writing songs
    •     After Sofia knocks her teeth out
    •     When Sofia goes to jail
    •     When she returns from seeing the warden, having been raped by him

  • 9. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old with whom Shug elopes with toward the end of the novel?
    •     Gady
    •     Grady
    •     Germaine
    •     Gerald

  • 10. What is the first thing that Celie starts sewing?
    •     A quilt
    •     A handkerchief
    •     Albert's shirts
    •     Pants

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