Home (Morrison Novel) Quizzes

Home (Morrison Novel) Quiz 1

1 What decade is the novel set in?
1970s

1880s

1950s

1690s
2 Frank is telling his story to
an amanuensis

an unknown person

a reporter

an old friend
3 What animal do the children see at the beginning?
Goats

Dogs

Horses

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

A murder

A burial

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

A church

A police station

A hospital
6 Why is Frank in the institution?
He hit someone

He asked for help

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 Lily

To find his friend

To find peace

To rescue his sister
9 Reverend Locke gives Frank:
a place to stay

money

advice

all of these
10 Frank's relationship with Lily was
openly hostile

joyful

placid

frustrating
11 Reverend Jesse Maynard treats Frank with
indifference

cruelty

warmth

contempt
12 What was powerful enough to take the images from Korea away?
God

Cee

Working hard

Lily
13 What are Frank's "incidents" related to?
Ill health

PTSD

Depression

Anger
14 Where does Frank encounter an upset couple?
The church

The train

The YMCA

A diner
15 On the train Frank sees a man in
a zoot suit

a tuxedo

a police uniform

a military uniform
16 The man on the train is
another rider

a figment of Frank's imagination

a memory of someone Frank used to know

one of the porters
17 Who is Billy?
A reverend

A man Frank meets at the diner

A child

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

the Roaring Twenties

the Depression

Vietnam
19 Billy's child is
quiet and shy

in the wrong crowd

very theatrical

very smart
20 Who takes Frank shopping at Goodwill?
Lily

Rev. Maynard

Billy

Rev. Locke
21 Why does Ida name Cee Ycidra?
She heard it and thought it was beautiful

It came to her in a dream

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

Kansas

Texas

Kentucky
23 What is Frank's last name?
Dollar

Money

Rich

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

grandmother

brother

lover
25 Why did Lenore think Cee's birth was inauspicious?
The location

The hour of day

The time of year

The timing