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The Color Purple

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A novel written of letters is known as ...

a)

Epilogue

b)

Epistolary

c)

Epistasis

d)

None of the above

2.

Who is the author of The Color Purple?

a)

Andrew Walter

b)

Andrew Walker

c)

Alice Walker

d)

Alice Wlater

3.

To whom is the first letter addressed to?

a)

Nettie

b)

Pa

c)

Celie

d)

God

4.

Samuel and Corrine named a child Pauline but call her Olivia. Who actually names her Olivia?

a)

Alfonso

b)

Samuel and Corrine

c)

Nettie

d)

Celie

5.

Who is Celie’s real father?

a)

A warden at Sofia’s jail

b)

Albert

c)

Alfonso

d)

A prosperous black farmer

6.

What is the name of the nineteen-year-old with whom Shug elopes with toward the end of the novel?

a)

Gerald

b)

Germaine

c)

Gady

d)

Grady

7.

What is the first thing that Celie starts sewing?

a)

A quilt

b)

A handkerchief

c)

Albert’s shirts

d)

Pants

8.

What disease does Henrietta have?

a)

Asthma

b)

Cancer

c)

A blood disease

d)

Heart disease

9.

What food is good from someone with Henrietta’s condition?

a)

Fish

b)

Yams

c)

Sweet Potatoes

d)

Lemons

10.

Celie is not attracted to men and tells Albert that, without clothes on, they all look like what creature?

a)

Frogs

b)

Dogs

c)

Bulls

d)

Snails

11.

Celie has a purple frog perch on her mantlepiece, who carved it and gave it to her?

a)

Pa

b)

Mr.

c)

Nettie

d)

Shug

12.

Which character dies at the end of the novel?

a)

Tashi

b)

Adam

c)

Samuel

d)

Corine

13.

Everything in Celie's room is ..., except for the floor.

a)

Yellow and purple

b)

Purple and red

c)

Red and yellow

d)

Blue and green

14.

Who helps Celie sew?

a)

Sofia

b)

Harpo

c)

Shug

d)

Mr.

15.

How many people arrive at Celie's house at the end of the story?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5