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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what dancer does Claudia say in Part II “was my friend, my uncle, my daddy, and who ought to have been soft-shoeing it and chuckling with me”?
(a) Bojangles.
(b) Fred Astaire.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Chuck E. White.

2. What is Pecola’s father’s name, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Cholly Breedlove.
(b) Sammy Breedlove.
(c) Soaphead Church.
(d) Anderson Breedlove.

3. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?
(a) A 1932 Ford.
(b) A 1939 Buick.
(c) A 1937 Cadillac.
(d) A 1930 Chevrolet.

4. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s house has a door that is what color?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

5. The narrator in Part I says that at first they thought there were no marigolds that fall because Pecola was what?
(a) Planning to kill her father.
(b) Praying for bad weather.
(c) Depressed about life.
(d) Having her father’s baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?

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

3. What does Toni Morrison refer to as the “most delicate member of society” in the book’s Foreword?

4. How old is Pecola when she lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description in Part II?

5. According to Toni Morrison in the book’s Foreword, “The extremity of Pecola's case stemmed largely from" what?

(see the answer key)

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