Home (Morrison Novel) Quizzes

Home (Morrison Novel) Quiz 1

1 What decade is the novel set in?
1970s

1880s

1690s

1950s
2 Frank is telling his story to
an amanuensis

an unknown person

an old friend

a reporter
3 What animal do the children see at the beginning?
Horses

Llamas

Goats

Dogs
4 What do the children see in the field?
A fight

A murder

A rape

A burial
5 Where do we first meet Frank as a man?
An institution

A police station

A hospital

A church
6 Why is Frank in the institution?
He asked for help

He hit someone

He isn't sure

He was sleeping on the street
7 Where did Frank serve?
France

Japan

Korea

Vietnam
8 Why does Frank go on a journey?
To rescue his sister

To find peace

To find his friend

To rescue Lily
9 Reverend Locke gives Frank:
money

a place to stay

advice

all of these
10 Frank's relationship with Lily was
joyful

placid

frustrating

openly hostile
11 Reverend Jesse Maynard treats Frank with
contempt

indifference

cruelty

warmth
12 What was powerful enough to take the images from Korea away?
Lily

God

Working hard

Cee
13 What are Frank's "incidents" related to?
PTSD

Ill health

Anger

Depression
14 Where does Frank encounter an upset couple?
A diner

The train

The church

The YMCA
15 On the train Frank sees a man in
a tuxedo

a police uniform

a military uniform

a zoot suit
16 The man on the train is
one of the porters

another rider

a memory of someone Frank used to know

a figment of Frank's imagination
17 Who is Billy?
A man Frank meets at the diner

A reverend

A child

A man from the train
18 People at the diner tell stories of
the Depression

the Roaring Twenties

Vietnam

WWII
19 Billy's child is
quiet and shy

very theatrical

in the wrong crowd

very smart
20 Who takes Frank shopping at Goodwill?
Billy

Rev. Locke

Lily

Rev. Maynard
21 Why does Ida name Cee Ycidra?
It came to her in a dream

She heard it and thought it was beautiful

She read it in a book

It is a family name
22 Where did Ida, Luther, and the kids live before they had to leave?
Alabama

Kentucky

Kansas

Texas
23 What is Frank's last name?
Rich

Money

Cash

Dollar
24 Cee thinks it is terrible to have a mean _____
mother

grandmother

lover

brother
25 Why did Lenore think Cee's birth was inauspicious?
The hour of day

The timing

The location

The time of year