study questions Color Purple p.156-190 Flashcards
Why are the Olinka people confused about the relationships among the missionary family?
-they think both Nettie and Corrine are Samuel’s wives
-they thought that the chlidren where Nettie’s
Why does Corrine ask Nettie to stop wearing her clothes and to start addressing her and Samuel as if she were their sister?
Because the Olinka people are getting confused about the relationship of Samuel, Corrine and Nettie.
Why do Tashi’s parents come to see Nettie?
they want Tashi to stop learning en being curious about things, because she is becoming independent
According to her letters, how long has Nettie been in Africa?
5 years
Why are the Olinka happy to see there is a road being built to their village? What later upsets them about the road?
-it makes travel easier
-they destroy village homes and crops
After her husband dies, Tashi’s mother is made an honorary man. What important decision does this empower her to make?
tashi will not be given any further education and Olivia has to join the Olinka to be friends with Tashi
What happens to the Olinka people when the government sells the land they own to a rubber factory in England?
they are forced to pay rent on the land and pay tax on water.
Who does Corrine believe are Adam and Olivia’s birth parents?
Samuel and Nettie
Why had Samuel urged Nettie to come to Africa?
because he thought adam and olivia were nettie’s children, he wanted them to be together
What does Nettie tell Celie about their Pa?
That it isn’t their birth father but their step father
How does Celie’s old house look when Shug takes her to visit her Pa there?
-like a white persons house
-large, beautiful, blooming flowers landscaping the yard
Celie’s Pa explains that he has been more successful with running a business and becoming a wealthy black man than her real father. What has he done differently to avoid the lynching her real father got after finding success?
he offers the white people part of his profit so they aren’t upset at his succes
How does Nettie finally convince Corrine that Celie is the mother of Adam and Olivia, and that the two of them had met once a long time ago?
She finds a quilt Corrine made using old pieces of the children’s clothing. One of those patches was made from the fabric Corrine was buying the day she met Celie, which makes her remember the day she met her.
What happens to Corrine?
she dies
