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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator of Part II’s sister’s name?
(a) Maureen Peal.
(b) Frieda MacTeer.
(c) Rosemary Villanucci.
(d) Pecola Breedlove.

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

3. The author describes the burgeoning self-esteem of children as “before their ego has” what, in the book’s Foreword?
(a) “Legs.”
(b) “A brain.”
(c) “A stomach.”
(d) “Arms.”

4. What does the narrator say has become of Pecola’s father in Part I?
(a) He has left town.
(b) He’s become President.
(c) He has died.
(d) He has become rich.

5. The author writes in the novel's Foreword that when she began writing The Bluest Eye, she was interested in the "far more tragic and disabling consequences of accepting rejection as" what?
(a) “Beautiful.”
(b) “Inevitable.”
(c) “Honorable.”
(d) “Legitimate.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what is missing?

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

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

4. Who calls Mrs. MacTeer and tells her that Claudia, Pecola and Frieda are “playing nasty” in Part II?

5. 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"?

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