Characters
How are Celie and Nettie related
Sisters
Where do they go as missionaries?
Africa
What literary device is below?
"Tap, Tap, Tapping on the gravel with his cane."
Onomatopoeia
"By now I am almost crazy. I think Albert told me the truth about not giving you my letters."
Defeated tone
What is the capital of Senegal?
Dakar
Who are Corrine and Samuel?
The Reverend and his wife who she stays with.
What culture lives where they go as missionaries in Africa?
Olinka
What literary device is below?
"People who need Christ and medical advice."
Rhyme scheme
"I hope life is happier for you."
Hopeful for Celie tone
What is Tashi's mom's Christain name?
Catherine
How are Adam, Olivia, and Nettie related?
She is their aunt.
Where else did the family go as missionaries?
Harlem and England
What literary device is used below?
"Blacker than black, he's blueblack... wearing brilliant blue robes."
Color imagery/ color symbolism
"Goodbye until next time, dear Celie, from a pitiful, castout woman who may perish during the rainy season"
Longing and melodramatic tone
What shocking news do Nettie and Celie find out about Pa in this section?
He is not their father
Why are Corrine, Samuel, Adam, Olivia, and Nettie in Africa?
They are missionaries.
What was significant about Harlem to Nettie?
It was a place where Black people were not the minority and had wealth/more power than in the South.
"I love you with all my heart."
Hyperbole
"Merry Christmas to you and yours, my dear Celie... we celebrate here with prayer, song, and a large picnic."
Excited and merry tone
What do Celie and Shug do while they read the letters?
Make pants
Who is Tashi? What do Olivia and Tashi do together?
Olivia's friend who she teaches in her hut.
How do the Olinka's celebrate funerals?
They paint their faces white and wear white robes.
"Now I know I'm dead...just being mad, grief, wanting to kill someone."
Metaphor for her life feeling like death or Hell.
"I wish you could see my hut, Celie. I LOVE it."
Prideful tone
Why does Corrine not want Nettie wearing her clothes and having the children call her Mama Nettie?
The Olinka think Nettie is the children's mom.