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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?
(a) 2 quarts.
(b) 1 quart.
(c) 3 gallons.
(d) 3 quarts.

2. How old is Sammy when he lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description from Part II?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

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

4. Near what local coal company does the narrator say she sometimes goes in the evenings with grown-ups to fill burlap sacks with coal in Part II?
(a) Murphy's Coal Company.
(b) Zick’s Coal Company.
(c) Howard’s Coal Company.
(d) Johnson's Coal Company.

5. In what year does the author say The Bluest Eye began to take the form of a book in the Foreword?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator say she is in Part II?

2. Who arrives to play with Jane at the end of the story in Part I?

3. What is the narrator of Part II’s sister’s name?

4. According to the narrator in Part II, who “spent all their energies, all their love, on their nests”?

5. 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?

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