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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magic trick does Mr. Henry perform when he meets the narrator and her sister in Part II?
(a) He saws a lady in half.
(b) He makes a penny disappear.
(c) He makes his thumb disappear.
(d) He pulls a rabbit from a hat.

2. Who calls Mrs. MacTeer and tells her that Claudia, Pecola and Frieda are “playing nasty” in Part II?
(a) Miss Dunion.
(b) Ada Williams.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Paula Williams.

3. Who owns the grocery store down the street from Pecola in Part II?
(a) Mr. Buford.
(b) Miss Dunion.
(c) Mr. Yacobowski.
(d) Woodrow Cain.

4. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?
(a) The cat.
(b) The hampster.
(c) The goldfish.
(d) The dog.

5. The author states in the book’s Foreword that in constructing the narrative she did not want to do what to "the characters who trashed Pecola and contributed to her collapse"?
(a) Dehumanize them.
(b) Justify their actions.
(c) Make them seem human.
(d) Make them into martyrs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What actress does Claudia claim to like, causing her sister and Pecola to give her a puzzled look and consider her incomprehensible, in Part II?

2. Where is Pecola’s father when she goes to stay with the MacTeer family in Part II?

3. How old is Sammy when he lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description from Part II?

4. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?

5. The author describes "seeing oneself preserved in the amber of" what, in the novel's Foreword?

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