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 * Color Purple Questions Letters 65-73**

Name: ……………………………………… Period: ………… Date: ……………

1. Why doe Corrine no longer want Nettie to invite Samuel to her hut when Nettie is alone?

2. Who is the only person in the Olinka village who wants to hear about American slavery. Why does this make Nettie angry?

3. Tashi's father dies of malaria in the rainy season. Tashi grieves deeply because she was never able to please her father. What is the true reason why Tashi could never please her father?

4. Why do the Olinka hold feasts and celebrations when the roadbuilders reach their village?

5. Who now owns the Olinka village and what do they plan to do to the surrounding jungle?

6. Why does Corrine want to see Nettie’s stomach?

7. Detail the story Samuel tell to Nettie when she asks him how he got Adam and Olivia. This must begin with the story about the successful farmer.

8. Why was Alphonso able to avoid the wrath of the white men, unlike Celie’s natural father?

9. When Samuel and Nettie tells Corrine about Celie, she refuses to believe them. What makes Corrine finally accept the truth of the story?