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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part II, the narrator says that “drunken men with sober eyes sing in the lobby” of what hotel?
(a) “The English hotel.”
(b) “The Spanish hotel.”
(c) “The Polish hotel.”
(d) “The Greek hotel.”

2. Who is the narrator of Part I?
(a) Poland.
(b) Frieda MacTeer.
(c) Pecola Breedlove.
(d) Claudia MacTeer.

3. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

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) 1957.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1938.

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

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

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

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

5. The narrator says in Part II, “So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want” what?

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