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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and her sister receive at the start of the school year in Part II?
(a) White shirts and pencils.
(b) Black shoes and books.
(c) Brown stockings and cod liver oil.
(d) Plaid skirts and vitamins.

2. On what street had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?
(a) Fifth Street.
(b) Second Street.
(c) Eighth Street.
(d) Thirteenth Street.

3. Where is “that trifling Peggy” said to be from in Part II?
(a) Lorain.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Meridian.
(d) Elyria.

4. How old does the narrator say she is in Part II?
(a) 9.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

5. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?
(a) Orange.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What actress does Claudia claim to like, causing her sister and Pecola to give her a puzzled look and consider her incomprehensible, in Part II?

2. The author describes the burgeoning self-esteem of children as “before their ego has” what, in the book’s Foreword?

3. Who owns the grocery store down the street from Pecola in Part II?

4. What does Pecola pray for every night, according to the narrator in Part II?

5. The narrator states in Part II, “The only living thing in the Breedloves' house was” what?

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