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Question 1

Who wrote Recitatif?
  1. Toni Morrison
  2. Zana Fraillon
  3. Carol Ann Duffy
  4. Jane Austen

Question 2

Why does Morrison leave Twyla’s and Roberta’s races unstated?
  1. To challenge the reader’s racial assumptions
  2. To show that neither character has a race
  3. To hide which country the story is set in
  4. To make the story a fantasy

Question 3

Recitatif is Morrison's only published example of what form?
  1. Short story
  2. Novel
  3. Memoir
  4. Poetry collection

Question 4

Who narrates Recitatif?
  1. Twyla
  2. Roberta
  3. Maggie
  4. Mary

Question 5

In Recitatif, who is Twyla's childhood friend in the story?
  1. Roberta
  2. Sheila
  3. Queeny
  4. Sybil

Question 6

In Recitatif, where do Twyla and Roberta first meet?
  1. St. Bonny's
  2. Howard Johnson's
  3. Newburgh High
  4. Soho

Question 7

In Recitatif, why are Twyla and Roberta at St. Bonny's?
  1. Their mothers cannot care for them
  2. They won a school trip
  3. They are training to teach
  4. They are visiting family

Question 8

In Recitatif, how does Twyla describe her mother Mary?
  1. She dances all night
  2. She works as a chef
  3. She is a police officer
  4. She studies law

Question 9

In Recitatif, how is Roberta's mother described?
  1. Sick
  2. A famous singer
  3. A headteacher
  4. A pilot

Question 10

In Recitatif, Maggie works in which part of St. Bonny's?
  1. The kitchen
  2. The library
  3. The infirmary
  4. The office

Question 11

In Recitatif, what is Maggie unable to do?
  1. Speak
  2. Read
  3. Walk
  4. Cook

Question 12

In Recitatif, what are the older girls at St. Bonny's called?
  1. Gar girls
  2. Night girls
  3. Chalk girls
  4. Hill girls

Question 13

What do adult Twyla and Roberta dispute most?
  1. What happened to Maggie
  2. Why their mothers left them
  3. Who supported school busing
  4. How they were treated at St Bonny's

Question 14

Which detail shows Roberta's wealth when she meets Twyla in Newburgh?
  1. She arrives in a limousine
  2. She works at Howard Johnson's
  3. She buys a Christmas tree
  4. She returns to St Bonny's

Question 15

In Recitatif, where does Twyla work when she meets Roberta again?
  1. Howard Johnson's
  2. St. Bonny's
  3. A police station
  4. A hospital ward

Question 16

In Recitatif, which musician are the two men with Roberta going to see?
  1. Jimi Hendrix
  2. Elvis Presley
  3. The Beatles
  4. Bob Dylan

Question 17

What is one effect of Twyla's first-person narration?
  1. Readers know only her uncertain perspective
  2. Readers hear every character's private thoughts
  3. Roberta controls the account of each meeting
  4. Maggie explains what happened in the orchard

Question 18

Over what span does Recitatif revisit Twyla and Roberta?
  1. Meetings across many years
  2. One afternoon at St Bonny's
  3. A single summer holiday
  4. One week during the busing protest

Question 19

How is memory presented in Recitatif?
  1. Uncertain and contested
  2. Consistent but incomplete
  3. Accurate once Roberta speaks
  4. Secondary to factual certainty

Question 20

At the end of Recitatif, what question are Twyla and Roberta left asking?
  1. What really happened to Maggie
  2. Who stole money
  3. Who wrote a letter
  4. Who changed schools first

Question 21

Which detail does Morrison leave unspecified about Twyla and Roberta?
  1. Which girl is Black
  2. Their names
  3. Their age at St. Bonny’s
  4. Where they first meet

Question 22

Which claim does Roberta withdraw at the final meeting?
  1. That Twyla kicked Maggie
  2. That Maggie worked in the kitchen
  3. That the girls met at St. Bonny’s
  4. That busing caused protests

Question 23

Where does Maggie fall?
  1. In the orchard
  2. In the kitchen
  3. On a bus
  4. At the coffee shop

Question 24

Where do Twyla and Roberta meet for the final time?
  1. A coffee shop
  2. St. Bonny’s
  3. Howard Johnson’s
  4. The orchard

Question 25

What does Twyla buy before the final meeting?
  1. A Christmas tree
  2. A school bus
  3. A record
  4. A notebook

Question 26

What does Roberta admit she wanted?
  1. The gar girls to hurt Maggie
  2. Twyla removed from St Bonny's
  3. Maggie dismissed from the kitchen
  4. The busing protest to turn violent

Question 27

Who does Maggie remind Roberta of?
  1. Her mother
  2. Her teacher
  3. Her daughter
  4. Her sister

Question 28

What school policy triggers the protest?
  1. Busing for integration
  2. Closing St. Bonny’s
  3. Teaching music
  4. Building a new diner

Question 29

What message does Twyla put on a protest sign?
  1. Is your mother well?
  2. Mothers have rights too
  3. Stop busing our children
  4. Save St. Bonny’s

Question 30

When does the final meeting take place?
  1. Christmas Eve
  2. New Year’s Day
  3. Twyla’s birthday
  4. The first day of school

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