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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Pecola when she lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description in Part II?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

2. How old does the narrator say she is in Part II?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

3. What is the narrator of Part II’s sister’s name?
(a) Frieda MacTeer.
(b) Pecola Breedlove.
(c) Rosemary Villanucci.
(d) Maureen Peal.

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

5. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?
(a) 3 quarts.
(b) 1 quart.
(c) 3 gallons.
(d) 2 quarts.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in the novel's Foreword, "There can't be anyone, I am sure, who doesn't know what it feels like to be" what "momentarily or for sustained periods of time"?

2. 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?

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?

4. Who is the narrator of Part I?

5. The narrator in Part I says that at first they thought there were no marigolds that fall because Pecola was what?

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