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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Toni Morrison in the book’s Foreword, “The extremity of Pecola's case stemmed largely from" what?
(a) “A series of bad choices.”
(b) “Societal pressures.”
(c) “The poorest of luck.”
(d) “A crippled and crippling family.”

3. According to the narrator in Part III, Geraldine did not allow her son to do what?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Yell.
(c) Eat.
(d) Cry.

4. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they acquire skills in order to get rid of “the funkiness” of what?
(a) “Murder.”
(b) “Bigotry.”
(c) “Passion.”
(d) “Capitalism.”

5. How old does the narrator say she is in Part II?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as “still trotting up and down Sixteenth Street talking to herself” in Part II?

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

3. Who owns the grocery store down the street from Pecola in Part II?

4. What is Geraldine’s son called in Part III?

5. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they study “music to soothe” whom in Part III?

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