Home (Morrison Novel) Quizzes

Home (Morrison Novel) Quiz 1

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1 What decade is the novel set in?

1950s

1970s

1690s

1880s
2 Frank is telling his story to

an amanuensis

an old friend

an unknown person

a reporter
3 What animal do the children see at the beginning?

Goats

Horses

Llamas

Dogs
4 What do the children see in the field?

A fight

A rape

A burial

A murder
5 Where do we first meet Frank as a man?

A police station

A church

An institution

A hospital
6 Why is Frank in the institution?

He was sleeping on the street

He asked for help

He isn't sure

He hit someone
7 Where did Frank serve?

Korea

Vietnam

France

Japan
8 Why does Frank go on a journey?

To find his friend

To rescue Lily

To rescue his sister

To find peace
9 Reverend Locke gives Frank:

a place to stay

advice

money

all of these
10 Frank's relationship with Lily was

joyful

openly hostile

frustrating

placid
11 Reverend Jesse Maynard treats Frank with

cruelty

warmth

indifference

contempt
12 What was powerful enough to take the images from Korea away?

Working hard

Cee

God

Lily
13 What are Frank's "incidents" related to?

PTSD

Ill health

Depression

Anger
14 Where does Frank encounter an upset couple?

The church

The YMCA

A diner

The train
15 On the train Frank sees a man in

a tuxedo

a police uniform

a military uniform

a zoot suit
16 The man on the train is

a figment of Frank's imagination

another rider

one of the porters

a memory of someone Frank used to know
17 Who is Billy?

A reverend

A child

A man from the train

A man Frank meets at the diner
18 People at the diner tell stories of

the Roaring Twenties

the Depression

Vietnam

WWII
19 Billy's child is

very smart

quiet and shy

in the wrong crowd

very theatrical
20 Who takes Frank shopping at Goodwill?

Lily

Rev. Maynard

Rev. Locke

Billy
21 Why does Ida name Cee Ycidra?

She read it in a book

She heard it and thought it was beautiful

It came to her in a dream

It is a family name
22 Where did Ida, Luther, and the kids live before they had to leave?

Alabama

Kentucky

Texas

Kansas
23 What is Frank's last name?

Dollar

Money

Rich

Cash
24 Cee thinks it is terrible to have a mean _____

grandmother

lover

brother

mother
25 Why did Lenore think Cee's birth was inauspicious?

The time of year

The timing

The hour of day

The location

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