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

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

3. The author states in the book’s Foreword, “Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was" what?
(a) “Something that could inspire.”
(b) “Something to cherish.”
(c) “Something one could do.”
(d) “Something that could remind.”

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

5. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?
(a) Red.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toni Morrison refer to as the most “vulnerable member” of society in the novel’s Foreword?

2. Who is the narrator of Part I?

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

4. What does Jane’s mother do when Jane asks her to play in the story from Part I?

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

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