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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) “Informed.”
(c) “Enlightened.”
(d) “Moved.”

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

3. According to Toni Morrison in the book’s Foreword, “The extremity of Pecola's case stemmed largely from" what?
(a) “A crippled and crippling family.”
(b) “A series of bad choices.”
(c) “The poorest of luck.”
(d) “Societal pressures.”

4. The author writes in the novel's Foreword that when she began writing The Bluest Eye, she was interested in the "far more tragic and disabling consequences of accepting rejection as" what?
(a) “Inevitable.”
(b) “Legitimate.”
(c) “Honorable.”
(d) “Beautiful.”

5. In the second narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what is missing?
(a) Spacing.
(b) Every other word.
(c) Every noun.
(d) Punctuation and capitalization.

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

3. In what year does the author say The Bluest Eye began to take the form of a book in the Foreword?

4. The narrator in Part I says that for years she believed the reason the marigolds didn’t bloom was because she had done what?

5. Who arrives to play with Jane at the end of the story in Part I?

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