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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Part I of the novel begins with a story about a girl named Jane and her brother, who is named what?
(a) James.
(b) Dick.
(c) John.
(d) Bill.

3. 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) “Informed.”
(b) “Guilty.”
(c) “Moved.”
(d) “Enlightened.”

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) Green eyes.
(b) Blond hair.
(c) Freckles.
(d) Blue eyes.

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

Short Answer 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?

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

3. What does the narrator say has become of Pecola’s father in Part I?

4. The author states in the Foreword, “In trying to dramatize the devastation that even casual racial contempt can cause I chose a unique situation, not" what?

5. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s house has a door that is what color?

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