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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author describes the burgeoning self-esteem of children as “before their ego has” what, in the book’s Foreword?
(a) “A brain.”
(b) “A stomach.”
(c) “Legs.”
(d) “Arms.”

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. The author states in the book's Foreword that when one is "hated for things we have no control over and cannot change," it is some consolation to know what?
(a) That the hatred is not accurate.
(b) That the hatred is justified.
(c) That the hatred is unjustified.
(d) That the hatred is accurate.

4. Who calls Mrs. MacTeer and tells her that Claudia, Pecola and Frieda are “playing nasty” in Part II?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Paula Williams.
(c) Miss Dunion.
(d) Ada Williams.

5. In the third narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what has been taken away?
(a) Vowels.
(b) Spacing.
(c) Punctuation.
(d) Consonants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane’s father do when Jane asks him to play in the story from Part I?

2. The narrator says in Part II, “So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want” what?

3. The narrator in Part II says that her family’s house is “old, cold” and what color?

4. Whose image is on the milk cup that Frieda brings to Pecola in Part II?

5. The narrator in Part I says that for years she believed the reason the marigolds didn’t bloom was because she had done what?

(see the answer key)

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