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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) “Informed.”
(b) “Guilty.”
(c) “Enlightened.”
(d) “Moved.”

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

3. 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) Rosemary.
(d) Paula Williams.

4. In speaking of Pecola’s father in Part I, the narrator says, “Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his” what?
(a) “Lust or despair.”
(b) “Criminal behavior.”
(c) “Immoral thinking.”
(d) “Evil and sadness.”

5. In what year does the author say in the Foreword that she began the “story” that would eventually lead to The Bluest Eye?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?

2. The narrator in Part II says that her family’s house is “old, cold” and what color?

3. 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"?

4. What is Mr. Henry’s last name?

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

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