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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 Jane’s mother do when Jane asks her to play in the story from Part I?
(a) She cries.
(b) She screams.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She runs off.

2. Where is the abandoned store that is described in Part II as “on the southeast corner of Broadway and Thirty-fifth Street”?
(a) Columbus, Ohio.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Lorain, Ohio.

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

4. In the book’s Foreword, the author writes that the book arose from a conversation she had with a childhood friend who wished that she had what?
(a) Blond hair.
(b) Freckles.
(c) Green eyes.
(d) Blue eyes.

5. The narrator in Part II describes the adults as treating illness in children with what?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Empathy.

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. What does Jane’s father do when Jane asks him to play in the story from Part I?

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

4. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?

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

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