Home (Morrison Novel) Quizzes

Home (Morrison Novel) Quiz 1

1 What decade is the novel set in?
1950s

1970s

1690s

1880s
2 Frank is telling his story to
an unknown person

an old friend

an amanuensis

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

Dogs

Horses

Goats
4 What do the children see in the field?
A murder

A rape

A burial

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

A church

A police station

An institution
6 Why is Frank in the institution?
He was sleeping on the street

He hit someone

He isn't sure

He asked for help
7 Where did Frank serve?
Japan

Vietnam

Korea

France
8 Why does Frank go on a journey?
To rescue Lily

To rescue his sister

To find his friend

To find peace
9 Reverend Locke gives Frank:
a place to stay

advice

money

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

placid

openly hostile

joyful
11 Reverend Jesse Maynard treats Frank with
contempt

cruelty

warmth

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

Lily

God

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

Ill health

PTSD

Depression
14 Where does Frank encounter an upset couple?
The train

The YMCA

A diner

The church
15 On the train Frank sees a man in
a zoot suit

a tuxedo

a military uniform

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

a figment of Frank's imagination

one of the porters

a memory of someone Frank used to know
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
Vietnam

the Depression

the Roaring Twenties

WWII
19 Billy's child is
quiet and shy

in the wrong crowd

very theatrical

very smart
20 Who takes Frank shopping at Goodwill?
Lily

Billy

Rev. Locke

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?
Kentucky

Kansas

Texas

Alabama
23 What is Frank's last name?
Cash

Rich

Money

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

lover

mother

brother
25 Why did Lenore think Cee's birth was inauspicious?
The timing

The hour of day

The location

The time of year