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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 describes "seeing oneself preserved in the amber of" what, in the novel's Foreword?
(a) “Justice.”
(b) “Time.”
(c) “Collective memory.”
(d) “Disqualifying metaphors.”

2. 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) Planted them too deep.
(b) Under-watered them.
(c) Over-watered them.
(d) Planted them too shallow.

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

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

5. How old is Pecola when she lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description in Part II?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Part II, “The only living thing in the Breedloves' house was” what?

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

3. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?

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

5. What is Pecola’s father’s name, according to the narrator in Part I?

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