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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator in Part I says that for years she believed the reason the marigolds didn’t bloom was because she had done what?
(a) Planted them too deep.
(b) Under-watered them.
(c) Over-watered them.
(d) Planted them too shallow.

2. Pecola’s idealization for white beauty is illustrated in the novel through her love of what movie star?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Betty Grable.
(c) Shirley Temple.
(d) Vanessa Redgrave.

3. Where did Cholly Breedlove die, according to the narrator in Part V?
(a) The barber shop.
(b) The train station.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) The workhouse.

4. In the book’s Foreword, the author writes that the book arose from a conversation she had with a childhood friend who wished that she had what?
(a) Blond hair.
(b) Freckles.
(c) Green eyes.
(d) Blue eyes.

5. The narrator says in Part V, “And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely” what?
(a) “Licensed.”
(b) “Brainwashed.”
(c) “Lucky.”
(d) “Tolerated.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator recalls a summer her mother knew in what year in Part V?

2. In speaking of Pecola in Part V, the narrator says, “We tried to see her without looking at her, and never, never went near. Not because she was absurd, or repulsive, or because we were frightened, but because we had” what?

3. Which teacher does Frieda say called Bay Boy “incorrigival” in Part III?

4. Where did Cholly Breedlove first find work when he came to Lorain, Ohio?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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