Home (Morrison Novel) Quizzes

Home (Morrison Novel) Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed June 09, 2021

1 What decade is the novel set in?

1880s

1690s

1950s

1970s
2 Frank is telling his story to

an unknown person

a reporter

an amanuensis

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

Dogs

Llamas

Horses

Goats
4 What do the children see in the field?

A rape

A burial

A murder

A fight
5 Where do we first meet Frank as a man?

A police station

A church

An institution

A hospital
6 Why is Frank in the institution?

He hit someone

He isn't sure

He was sleeping on the street

He asked for help
7 Where did Frank serve?

Vietnam

Korea

France

Japan
8 Why does Frank go on a journey?

To find his friend

To rescue his sister

To rescue Lily

To find peace
9 Reverend Locke gives Frank:

a place to stay

money

advice

all of these
10 Frank's relationship with Lily was

openly hostile

frustrating

joyful

placid
11 Reverend Jesse Maynard treats Frank with

warmth

contempt

cruelty

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

Working hard

Cee

Lily

God
13 What are Frank's "incidents" related to?

Depression

Anger

Ill health

PTSD
14 Where does Frank encounter an upset couple?

A diner

The train

The YMCA

The church
15 On the train Frank sees a man in

a military uniform

a tuxedo

a police uniform

a zoot suit
16 The man on the train is

another rider

a memory of someone Frank used to know

a figment of Frank's imagination

one of the porters
17 Who is Billy?

A man from the train

A child

A reverend

A man Frank meets at the diner
18 People at the diner tell stories of

the Depression

WWII

Vietnam

the Roaring Twenties
19 Billy's child is

very theatrical

very smart

quiet and shy

in the wrong crowd
20 Who takes Frank shopping at Goodwill?

Lily

Rev. Maynard

Billy

Rev. Locke
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

Kansas

Texas

Kentucky
23 What is Frank's last name?

Dollar

Money

Cash

Rich
24 Cee thinks it is terrible to have a mean _____

grandmother

mother

brother

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

The timing

The time of year

The location

The hour of day

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