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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pecola’s mother demand that Pecola’s father get out of bed and go get for her in their argument in Part II?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Flour.
(c) Milk.
(d) Coal.

2. The narrator in Part I claims that “one must take refuge in” what?
(a) “When.”
(b) “Why.”
(c) “What.”
(d) “How.”

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

4. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s house has a door that is what color?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

5. How is Jane’s father described in the story in Part I?
(a) “Weathered and angry.”
(b) “Old and senile.”
(c) “Big and strong.”
(d) “Skinny and feeble.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In speaking of Pecola’s father in Part I, the narrator says, “Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his” what?

2. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?

3. In what year does the author say in the Foreword that she began the “story” that would eventually lead to The Bluest Eye?

4. The author states in the book’s Foreword, “Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was" what?

5. 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?

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