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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pecola pray for every night, according to the narrator in Part II?
(a) A boyfriend.
(b) A new dress.
(c) Blue eyes.
(d) Food to eat.

2. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?

3. Where is the abandoned store that is described in Part II as “on the southeast corner of Broadway and Thirty-fifth Street”?

4. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?

5. What is Pecola’s father’s name, according to the narrator in Part I?

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