Purple Hibiscus

Who is the narrator of the novel, The Purple Hibiscus? 

• Jaja
• Kambili
• Mama
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

The family in the novel lives in

• Zambia
• Britain 
• The United States 
• Nigeria 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Papa is a 

• Businessman
• Orphan
• Priest 
• Laborer 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Papa was angry at Jaja because 

• Jaja broke his mother's figurines.
• Jaja didn't take communion at church.
• Jaja talked back to Mama.
• Jaja wouldn't sit down at church. 

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Mama told Kambili that she was 

• going to leave Papa.
• supporting Jaja's religious decisions. 
• crying every night over the broken figurines. 
• going to have a baby in October. 

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In The Purple Hibiscus, a coup refers to

• a cultural rice recipe.
• a group seizing control of the government. 
• a type of newspaper editorial. 
• a sickness that Papa gets throughout the novel. 

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6