The Color Purple

A novel written of letters is known as ...

• Epilogue

• Epistolary

• Epistasis

• None of the above

Who is the author of The Color Purple?

• Andrew Walter

• Andrew Walker

• Alice Walker

• Alice Wlater

To whom is the first letter addressed to?

• Nettie

• Pa

• Celie

• God

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

• Alfonso

• Samuel and Corrine

• Nettie

• Celie

Who is Celie’s real father?

• A warden at Sofia’s jail

• Albert

• Alfonso

• A prosperous black farmer

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

• Gerald

• Germaine

• Gady

• Grady

What is the first thing that Celie starts sewing?

• A quilt

• A handkerchief

• Albert’s shirts

• Pants

What disease does Henrietta have?

• Asthma

• Cancer

• A blood disease

• Heart disease

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

• Fish

• Yams

• Sweet Potatoes

• Lemons

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

• Frogs

• Dogs

• Bulls

• Snails