The Color Purple Quizzes

The Color Purple Quiz 1

By Zara Walters · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed September 30, 2008

1 When does Celie first hear about Shug?

From Nettie, in one of her letters

From her mother, who produces a portrait of her

From her stepmother, who produces a photograph of her

From Albert, who tells Celie about her
2 How many children do Albert and Shug have together?

One

Four

Three

None
3 When Nettie is forced to leave Albert's house, where does she go?

Back home to Alfonso

A ship to Africa

Harlem

To find the Reverend Mr. ______'s wife
4 Samuel and Corrine name a child Pauline but call her Olivia because she looks like an Olivia. Who actually names Olivia?

Alfonso

Celie

Samuel and Corrine

Nettie
5 Where does Celie first meet Corrine?

When they are at a store in town

When Corrine collects Adam and Olivia for adoption

When Corrine comes to visit her at Albert's

When she is in town with Nettie
6 Why is Adam angry with Tashi when he first sees her after his return from England?

Because she is angry that he left for England

Because she has undergone the Olinka scarring and female initiation ceremony

Because she hides from him

Because she tells him she loves him
7 Who is Celie's real father?

The warden at Sofia's jail

A prosperous black farmer

Albert

Alfonso
8 When does Squeak first insist that Harpo call her Mary Agnes?

When she returns from seeing the warden, having been raped by him

After Sofia knocks her teeth out

When Sofia goes to jail

When she starts writing songs
9 What is the name of the nineteen-year-old with whom Shug elopes with toward the end of the novel?

Grady

Gady

Gerald

Germaine
10 What is the first thing that Celie starts sewing?

A handkerchief

Albert's shirts

Pants

A quilt
11 When does Celie first start making pants?

When she marries Albert

When Shug suggests that Celie would find them easier to plow in

When Shug needs a pair to work in

When Nettie comes home
12 Where does Celie move with Shug when she eventually leaves Albert?

Arizona

Memphis

Canada

Harlem
13 What is Celie's stepfather called?

Albert

Alfonso

Sam

Glester
14 What is the first line in the novel?

You better not never tell nobody but God

I am fourteen years old

Dear God

Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me
15 What is the name of the song that Shug makes up when Celie is combing out her hair?

Song for C

Miss Celie's song

Celie

Good woman
16 Why does Sofia end up in jail?

For racially insulting the Major and his family

For talking to the Major and his family

For answering "Hell no" to Miss Millie's offer

For fighting with the Major after he hits her
17 What is the name of Miss Millie's daughter?

Camilla

Eleanor Jane

Jane

Eleanor
18 What disease does Henrietta have?

Asthma

A blood disease

Heart disease

Cancer
19 What food is good for someone with Henrietta's condition?

Lemons

Yams

Fish

Sweet potatoes
20 Celie is not attracted to men and tells Albert that, without clothes on, they all look like what creature to her?

Bulls

Frogs

Snails

Dogs
21 What does Celie think about when she sleeps with Albert for the first time?

The housework

Alfonso

Shug and Albert making love

Her mother
22 How does Celie travel into town when she meets Corrine for the first time?

In a wagon

By car

In a taxi

On foot
23 Which is something Nettie teaches Celie from her lessons at school?

Sewing and cutting

Cooking and food safety

Sunbathing and swimming

Columbus and the shape of the world
24 Why does Sofia's father think Harpo is not good enough for his daughter?

He has a mean father

He is black

His mother was murdered

He eats too much
25 Name one of Sofia's sisters.

Olivia

Ondene

Odessa

Ony

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