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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frieda say her mother hit Mr. Henry with in Part IV?
(a) A fire poker.
(b) A broom.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A rolling pin.

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

3. In speaking of Cholly, Mrs. Breedlove says in Part IV, “I started to leave him once, but something came up. Once, after he tried to” do what?
(a) “Shoot himself.”
(b) “Light the house on fire.”
(c) “Hang himself.”
(d) “Drown himself.”

4. Maureen tells Claudia, Pecola and Frieda that her uncle sued which ice cream company in Part III?
(a) Breyer’s.
(b) Isaley’s.
(c) Blue Bunny.
(d) Dove.

5. What does Pecola’s mother demand that Pecola’s father get out of bed and go get for her in their argument in Part II?
(a) Flour.
(b) Milk.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Coal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the gym teacher that Maureen describes as bow-legged in Part III?

2. What flowers does the narrator say even now hold no cheer for her in the spring in Part IV?

3. Where was Toni Morrison teaching when she began writing The Bluest Eye in a writing group?

4. Who gives Aunt Jimmy the food that people believes kills her?

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

(see the answer key)

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