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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Frieda tells Claudia what happened with Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry is compared to what townsperson in Part IV?
(a) Mr. MacTeer.
(b) Soaphead Church.
(c) Mr. Breedlove.
(d) Miss Bertha.

2. In speaking of Pecola’s father in Part I, the narrator says, “Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his” what?
(a) “Evil and sadness.”
(b) “Criminal behavior.”
(c) “Immoral thinking.”
(d) “Lust or despair.”

3. In what year does the author say The Bluest Eye began to take the form of a book in the Foreword?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1954.

4. With what animal does Geraldine’s son torment Pecola in Part III?
(a) A fish.
(b) A cat.
(c) A snake.
(d) A dog.

5. Where did Cholly’s mother abandon him when he was four days old?
(a) By church steps.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) By the railroad.
(d) At an orphanage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?

2. The narrator says in Part V of the flowers that never grew, “I was convinced that Frieda was right, that I had planted them too” what?

3. Where does Maginot Line say Pecola has gone when Claudia and Frieda come looking for her in Part IV?

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

5. The narrator in Part II describes the adults as treating illness in children with what?

(see the answer key)

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