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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part II, “So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want” what?
(a) “Me to die.”
(b) “My advice.”
(c) “My help.”
(d) “My money.”

2. The girl who is described as the narrator’s “next-door friend who lives above her father’s café” in Part I is named Rosemary what?
(a) Williams.
(b) Villanucci.
(c) Yacobowski.
(d) MacTeer.

3. What is Mr. Henry’s last name?
(a) Washington.
(b) Dunion.
(c) Whitcomb.
(d) Yacobowski.

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

5. How old is the narrator’s sister in Part II?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?

3. 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"?

4. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?

5. What do the narrator and her sister receive at the start of the school year in Part II?

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