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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?
(a) Blue and green.
(b) Green and gold.
(c) Gold and blue.
(d) Green and white.

2. The author states in the Foreword that her concept of breaking the narrative of the novel into parts "didn't work" because many readers "remain touched but not" what?
(a) “Guilty.”
(b) “Enlightened.”
(c) “Moved.”
(d) “Informed.”

3. Who arrives to play with Jane at the end of the story in Part I?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) A friend.

4. The narrator in Part I claims that “one must take refuge in” what?
(a) “How.”
(b) “Why.”
(c) “What.”
(d) “When.”

5. The narrator in Part I says that at first they thought there were no marigolds that fall because Pecola was what?
(a) Planning to kill her father.
(b) Depressed about life.
(c) Praying for bad weather.
(d) Having her father’s baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Part I, “What is clear now is that of all of that hope, fear, lust, love, and grief, nothing remains but Pecola and” what?

2. The author states in the book’s Foreword, “Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was" what?

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

4. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?

5. In what year does the author say in the Foreword that she began the “story” that would eventually lead to The Bluest Eye?

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