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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mrs. MacTeer exclaims during her diatribe in Part II, “I got about as much business with another mouth to feed as a cat has with” what?
(a) “A wheelbarrow.”
(b) “Side pockets.”
(c) “A top hat.”
(d) “A wristwatch.”

3. Whose image is on the milk cup that Frieda brings to Pecola in Part II?
(a) B.B. King's.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt’s.
(c) Henry Ford's.
(d) Shirley Temple’s.

4. What does Claudia recall doing with her baby dolls as a child in Part II?
(a) Adoring them.
(b) Playing house with them.
(c) Dismembering them.
(d) Playing dress-up with them.

5. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Pecola.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Claudia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator in Part II describes the adults as treating illness in children with what?

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

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

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

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