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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Pecola when she lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description in Part II?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

2. Part I of the novel begins with a story about a girl named Jane and her brother, who is named what?
(a) James.
(b) Bill.
(c) Dick.
(d) John.

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

4. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?
(a) The hampster.
(b) The goldfish.
(c) The dog.
(d) The cat.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. The author states in the book’s Foreword, “Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was" what?

5. The narrator says in Part I that there were no marigolds in the fall of what year?

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