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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they acquire skills in order to get rid of “the funkiness” of what?
(a) “Murder.”
(b) “Bigotry.”
(c) “Capitalism.”
(d) “Passion.”

2. Whose image is on the milk cup that Frieda brings to Pecola in Part II?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt’s.
(b) Henry Ford's.
(c) Shirley Temple’s.
(d) B.B. King's.

3. Who came running out with his gun during the conflict with Mr. Henry in Part IV?
(a) Mr. Henry.
(b) Mr. Buford.
(c) Mr. Yacobowski.
(d) Mr. Villanucci.

4. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?
(a) “The weary master.”
(b) “The elderly.”
(c) “Newborn babies.”
(d) “The proud parents.”

5. In the closing of Part V, the narrator claims, “Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear, and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had” what?
(a) “No luck at all.”
(b) “No time to bear fruit.”
(c) “No right to live.”
(d) “No place to sprout.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator of Part II’s sister’s name?

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

3. The narrative of The Bluest Eye is set during what decade?

4. Where does Frieda say she’s going to get potato chips while Claudia goes to buy ice cream with the money Mr. Henry gave them in Part III?

5. What is Geraldine’s husband’s name in the novel?

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