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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magic trick does Mr. Henry perform when he meets the narrator and her sister in Part II?
(a) He saws a lady in half.
(b) He pulls a rabbit from a hat.
(c) He makes his thumb disappear.
(d) He makes a penny disappear.

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

3. In the second narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what is missing?
(a) Every noun.
(b) Spacing.
(c) Every other word.
(d) Punctuation and capitalization.

4. How is Jane’s father described in the story in Part I?
(a) “Big and strong.”
(b) “Skinny and feeble.”
(c) “Old and senile.”
(d) “Weathered and angry.”

5. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Mildred.
(c) Pecola.
(d) Sammy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What actress does Claudia claim to like, causing her sister and Pecola to give her a puzzled look and consider her incomprehensible, in Part II?

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

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

5. What is Mr. Henry’s last name?

(see the answer key)

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