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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 one could do.”
(c) “Something that could remind.”
(d) “Something to cherish.”

2. The narrator says in Part I that there were no marigolds in the fall of what year?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1936.

3. Mr. Henry tells Claudia and Frieda that the prostitutes who just left were what in Part III?
(a) Undercover police women.
(b) School teachers.
(c) Members of his Bible class.
(d) Spies for a foreign government.

4. How old is the narrator’s sister in Part II?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 13.

5. What movie star does Claudia say “smiled down at us” from the Dreamland Theater in Part III?
(a) Ethel Merman.
(b) Alice Faye.
(c) June Harver.
(d) Betty Grable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Henry’s last name?

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

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

4. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?

5. The author states in the book’s Foreword that in constructing the narrative she did not want to do what to "the characters who trashed Pecola and contributed to her collapse"?

(see the answer key)

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