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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?
(a) Gold and blue.
(b) Green and gold.
(c) Green and white.
(d) Blue and green.

3. 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?
(a) “A representative one.”
(b) “A realistic one.”
(c) “An imaginative one.”
(d) “A classic one.”

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

5. In the book’s Foreword, the author writes that the book arose from a conversation she had with a childhood friend who wished that she had what?
(a) Freckles.
(b) Blond hair.
(c) Green eyes.
(d) Blue eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrator states in Part II, “The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjusting to the cutbacks at the plant. They lived there because they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believed” what?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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