2. What does Toni Morrison refer to as the “most delicate member of society” in the book’s Foreword?
(a) A child.
(b) An old woman.
(c) An old man.
(d) A new bride.

3. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s house has a door that is what color?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

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

5. In what year does the author say The Bluest Eye began to take the form of a book in the Foreword?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Who is the narrator of Part I?

(see the answer key)

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