The Color Purple

1. Alphonso never revealed that Celie and Nettie were not his biological children because:

2. What drug does Grady enjoy?

3. Why is a road being built through the Olinka village?

4. Who tries to convince the warden to release Sophia?

5. Why do Nettie and her family return to the United States?

6. How does Nettie end up at Mr. ______’s house?

7. Why does Harpo gain weight?

8. In what context is the color purple mentioned in the novel?

9. What is Celie’s daughter’s name?

10. Why did Albert (Mr. ---______) never marry Shug?

11. Why does Sofia get into trouble with the mayor?

12. Why does Corrine suspect that Samuel and Nettie once had an affair?

13. What painful process does Tashi undergo while still in Africa?

14. Which of Nettie’s travel destinations impresses her because of its high black culture?

15. What is Squeak’s real name?

16. What does Celie name her sewing business?

17. How does Shug suggest Celie reimagine God?

18. Why does Celie move from Tennessee to Georgia at the end of the novel?

19. What is Shug’s career?

20. When does Shug believe a woman stops being a virgin?

21. What is Miss Millie’s daughter’s name?

22. How does Celie persuade Shug to stay a little longer at Mr. ______’s house?

23. Who is Suzie Q?

24. Who convinces Mr. ______ that Celie needs new clothes?

25. At the end of the novel, Celie decides that although she is older, she feels: