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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in the book’s Foreword, “Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was" what?
(a) “Something to cherish.”
(b) “Something that could remind.”
(c) “Something that could inspire.”
(d) “Something one could do.”

2. The author states in the book's Foreword that when one is "hated for things we have no control over and cannot change," it is some consolation to know what?
(a) That the hatred is justified.
(b) That the hatred is not accurate.
(c) That the hatred is unjustified.
(d) That the hatred is accurate.

3. Who arrives to play with Jane at the end of the story in Part I?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) A friend.
(d) Her brother.

4. 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 pulls a rabbit from a hat.
(c) He makes his thumb disappear.
(d) He makes a penny disappear.

5. The narrator says in Part I that there were no marigolds in the fall of what year?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1932.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what has been taken away?

2. The narrator in Part I claims that “one must take refuge in” what?

3. Who is the narrator of Part I?

4. According to Toni Morrison in the book’s Foreword, “The extremity of Pecola's case stemmed largely from" what?

5. 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?

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