CHARACTERS
Who is the main narrator of the novel?
Who is Celie?
Which city does Nettie visit before going to Africa?
What is New York?
What major theme is shown through Celie’s suffering and growth?
What is female empowerment?
What does Shug encourage Celie to start making?
What are pants?
What format is mostly used to tell the story?
What is letters or epistolary form?
Who becomes Celie’s closest friend and helps her gain confidence?
Who is Shug Avery?
What is the name of the African tribe Nettie lives with?
Who are the Olinka?
What theme is explored through the treatment of women in both America and Africa?
What is sexism or patriarchy?
What shocking discovery does Celie make through Nettie’s letters?
What is that Nettie is alive?
To whom does Celie write most of her letters at the beginning of the novel?
Who is God?
Who is Celie’s younger sister who writes letters from Africa?
Who is Nettie?
What do the Olinka people worship because it protects their homes?
What is the roofleaf?
What theme is represented through Nettie’s missionary work in Africa?
What is colonialism or cultural conflict?
What happens to the Olinka village after the road is built?
What is that the village is destroyed for rubber production?
What point of view is used in the novel?
What is first-person narration?
Who is Celie’s abusive husband?
Who is Mister (Albert)?
What do the Olinka believe girls should NOT receive?
What is an education?
What theme is shown through Celie and Shug’s relationship?
What is love and self-discovery?
What illness makes Corrine very weak in Africa?
What is African fever?
What literary technique is used when Nettie’s letters reveal hidden truths from the past?
What is revelation or flashback?
Who are the two children raised by Samuel and Corrine in Africa?
Who are Olivia and Adam?
What company takes over the Olinka land and destroys the village?
What is a rubber company from England?
What theme is reflected when Celie discovers the truth about her family?
What is identity and truth?
What shocking truth does Nettie reveal at the end of the letters?
What is that Pa is not Celie and Nettie’s real father?
Why is The Color Purple considered an important feminist novel?
What is because it exposes oppression against women while showing their resistance and growth?