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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?
(a) Molasses Syrup.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) Meringue Pie.
(d) Banana Peel.

2. In speaking of Pecola’s father in Part I, the narrator says, “Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his” what?
(a) “Criminal behavior.”
(b) “Immoral thinking.”
(c) “Evil and sadness.”
(d) “Lust or despair.”

3. What kind of lotion does Claudia say the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use in Part III?
(a) Lubriderm.
(b) Jergins.
(c) Best Value.
(d) Suave.

4. What does the little girl call Mrs. Breedlove at the house where Mrs. Breedlove works in Part IV?
(a) Sally.
(b) Polly.
(c) Holly.
(d) Molly.

5. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?
(a) “Nookey.”
(b) “Fornicating.”
(c) “The horizontal hustle.”
(d) “Layin’ Down.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Part II, “The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjusting to the cutbacks at the plant. They lived there because they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believed” what?

2. The author states in the book’s Foreword that in constructing the narrative she did not want to do what to "the characters who trashed Pecola and contributed to her collapse"?

3. The author describes The Bluest Eye as having begun as a bleak narrative of what in the Foreword?

4. Where is “that trifling Peggy” said to be from in Part II?

5. The narrator says in Part IV, “Even now spring for me is shot through with the remembered ache of” what?

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