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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 the narrator’s sister in Part II?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

2. Near what local coal company does the narrator say she sometimes goes in the evenings with grown-ups to fill burlap sacks with coal in Part II?
(a) Murphy's Coal Company.
(b) Howard’s Coal Company.
(c) Johnson's Coal Company.
(d) Zick’s Coal Company.

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

4. In what year does the author say in the Foreword that she began the “story” that would eventually lead to The Bluest Eye?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1957.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and her sister receive at the start of the school year in Part II?

2. What is the narrator of Part II’s sister’s name?

3. What does Pecola pray for every night, according to the narrator in Part II?

4. The narrator in Part II describes the adults as treating illness in children with what?

5. What does Jane’s father do when Jane asks him to play in the story from Part I?

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