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Who was a blues singer who has three children that are being raised by her parents?

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Shug

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What character falls in love with and marries her missionary counterpart after she takes a trip to England where they attempt to gain sympathy and support for the Olinka?

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Nettie

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Who finally decides to become independent and demand that she be called by her real name after being a submissive mistress?

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Squeak

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Who becomes upset that his wife will not obey his orders and overheats when he is stressed out about it?

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Harpo

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Who marries a woman who is mentally off balance, and who already has two young children from a previous marriage?

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Alphonzo

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Who hides letters from his wife and is physically and emotionally abusive to her?

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Albert

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Who is the “born teacher” and tries to help her sister stand up for herself?

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Nettie

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Who is Tashi’s mother?

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Catherine

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What is the name of Albert’s first wife and the mother of his four children?

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Annie Julia

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Who scars his face in order to make his future wife more comfortable with her own scarification. He feels guilty for being so rough with her when he found out what she had done upon his return to the village?

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Adam

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Who travels to Africa with a family and is caretaker of that family’s children?

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Nettie

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Who is a minister who adopts Celie’s children?

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Samuel

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Who had three children with her married lover - she didn’t marry him because his daddy wouldn’t allow it - - he thought she was trash?

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Shug

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Who writes to her sister twice a year hoping that her letters will get mixed up with the Christmas and Easter greetings?

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Nettie

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What is the name of Celie’s biological son?

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Adam

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Who is married to the hottest blues singer in the south - but fell too much in love with reefer and spend the rest of his life growing and selling it?

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Grady

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Who was raped by her stepfather as a young girl and fathered two children by him?

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Celie

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Who becomes suspicious of her children’s caretaker - and wonders if the caretaker is the biological mother of her adopted children? She gains peace of mind before dying of an African fever?

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Corinne

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Who refuses to submit to whites, men or anyone else who tries to dominate her - - but winds up in jail and working as a maid for the white mayor?

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Sofia

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Who undergoes a deep, personal transformation and builds a friendship with his wife?

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Albert

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What is the name of the mayor’s wife who was taught to drive by her maid who was in her service for almost 12 years?

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Miss Millie

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Who used to hang around Celie’s step father as a young man until he found religion and took a different path?

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Samuel

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What is the name of Celie’s biological daughter?

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Olivia

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What is the name of the mayor’s daughter who develops a strong attachment to her black maid and caretaker?

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Eleanor Jane

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Who chose to undergo two painful African traditions - - facial scarring and genital mutilation?
Tashi
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Who is the protagonist and the narrator of the novel?
Celie
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Who rapes his stepdaughter and leads her to believe that her children are dead?
Alphonzo
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What is the name of Shug's husband who introduces Celie to marijuana?
Grady
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What is the name of the minister who adopts Celie's children?
Samuel
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Who suffers from a blood disorder and eats yams to help get rid of the symptoms?
Henrietta
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Who is treated like a dog for most of her life until she finally overcomes her abusers and becomes personally independent ?
Celie
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What state does most of the events take place?
Georgia
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Who does Celie addresses her initial letters to?
God
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What does Shug Avery do to earn a living?
Sings
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What is Harpo's Place?
A juke joint
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Who does Celie make the first pair of pants for?
Shug
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How does the reader know that Celie is physically damaged as a WOMAN - by the sexual abuse - when she states what?
That she no longer bleeds
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Why do Tashi's parent not want her to attend the missionary school?
Because she is a girl
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What does Celie do to make a living after she leavers her husband?
She makes pants
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What do the Olinka people worship as their God?
Roof leaf
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Where was Alice Walker born?
Eatonton Georgia
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What do Grady and Squeak run in Panama?
A reefer plantation
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What does it mean when we say that The Color Purple is and epistolary novel?
It is written in letters
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Who is Sophia's youngest child - father is a prize fighter - has a rare blood disease and Mr. ____ takes special care of her?
Henrietta
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After being slapped by the white mayor - Sophia ends up in jail - - why?
She pushed the white mayor
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How long is Sophia sentence to jail?
12 years
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At what age is Celie when she is first abused by her stepfather?
14 years old
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Who did Albert first want to marry after his first wife died?
Nettie
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Why does Mr. ____ abuse Celie?
Because she is NOT Shug
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How did Albert's first wife die?
She was shot by her boyfriend
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Whose arms does Albert's first wife die in?
Harpo's arms
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By the end of the novel what color does Celie paint her room?
Purple
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What do Sofia's troubles represent that is inherent in the society in which they live?
Racism
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When do Shug's feeling for Albert change?
When she learns that he is and has been beating Celie
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Where does Samuel, Corrine and Nettie and the children go to raise money for their mission trip?
Harlem New York
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What do the Olinka refuse to acknowledge or even take responsibility for?
Slavery
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How did Celie's mother know that there was a man in her room?
Because there was hair on the floor
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What was one of Celie favorite things to do?
Cutting hair
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Where did Celie usually cut hair?
Out on the porch
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What do they feed to Sofia's youngest to help with her blood disorder?
Yams
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What is Squeak's real name?
Mary Agnes
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What changes for Celie when Shug urges her that she should never give up on her faith?
Image of God
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What happens to help the Olinka people begin to suffer and die out?
A road is built through their village
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What happened to Celie's real father when his success took business away from white store owners?
Lynched
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What did Alice Walker discover when she was in college?
That she is pregnant
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What did Alice Walker decide to do with what she discovered?
Abortion
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What movement in America as a young adult was Alice Walker actively involved with?
Civil Rights Movement
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In the novel The Color Purple who said: "All my life I had fight. I've had to fight my daddy. I've had to fight my brothers. I've had to fight my cousins and my uncles. But I never thought I'd have to fight in my own house. I loves _________ but I'd kill him dead before I'd let him beat me."
Sofia
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In the novel The Color Purple who said: I thing it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't even notice it.
Shug
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In the novel The Color Purple who said: Too late to cry, Miss Eleanor Jane. All us can do now is laugh.
Sofia
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In the novel The Color Purple who said: Here us is, two old fools left over from love, keeping each other company.
Celie
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In the novel The Color Purple who said: You know, he say, you use to remind me of a bird. Way back when you first come to live with me. You as so skinny Lord, he say. And the least little thing happen, you looked about to fly away.
Albert
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In the novel The Color Purple who said: God is different to us now, after all these years in Africa. More spirit than ever before, and more internal. Most people think he has to look like something or someone a roof leaf or Christ- but we don't. And not being tied to what God looks like frees us.
Nettie
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What are the three major themes of the book - be able to discuss them
Gender role reversals Male/female relationships Relationship between Africans and African-Americans
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A period of great cultural awakening in which African American literature, art, music began to be recognized and valued in America - - it was centered in Harlem New York
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Why does Celie refer to Albert as Mr. ______?
She is demonstrating her ignorance of him - his personality and his life
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When does the climax of the novel occur?
When Celei discovers Nettie's letters and feels that intense hatred toward Albert
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Be able to talk about contract character. Pick two characters and talk how they are contrast characters and why.
See Mrs. K
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Why does Celie write to God?
She has no one else
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What do Harpo and Sofia have that Celie and Albert don't? Why does their marriage break up in the middle of the novel?
LOVE . . . . Harpo tried to dominate Sofia like Albert does Celie and Sofia will not allow it
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What are two reasons why Celie no longer hates Albert, demonstrating a change in their relationship?
He is changing himself for the better - he is clean, working Love for Shug and vice verse
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What two traditional rituals does Tashi undergo and why?
Scarring | Female initiation
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At what specific times of the year does Nettie write to Celie?
Christmas | Easter
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Be able to choose a character who has a gender role reversal and describe it.
Celie Harpo Sofia

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