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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 Foreword that her concept of breaking the narrative of the novel into parts "didn't work" because many readers "remain touched but not" what?
(a) “Enlightened.”
(b) “Guilty.”
(c) “Moved.”
(d) “Informed.”

2. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?
(a) A 1930 Chevrolet.
(b) A 1939 Buick.
(c) A 1937 Cadillac.
(d) A 1932 Ford.

3. The narrator in Part I says that for years she believed the reason the marigolds didn’t bloom was because she had done what?
(a) Under-watered them.
(b) Over-watered them.
(c) Planted them too shallow.
(d) Planted them too deep.

4. 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) Paula Williams.
(d) Rosemary.

5. 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"?
(a) “Villain-ized or victimized.”
(b) “Disliked, even rejected.”
(c) “Disembodied and alienated.”
(d) “Victimized, or traumatized.”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

3. Where is the abandoned store that is described in Part II as “on the southeast corner of Broadway and Thirty-fifth Street”?

4. What magic trick does Mr. Henry perform when he meets the narrator and her sister in Part II?

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

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