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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Claudia say that the girls from places like Mobile and Aiken use to straighten their hair in Part III?
(a) Cocnut oil.
(b) Turnip juice.
(c) Dixie Peach.
(d) Alligator fat.

3. Which of the prostitutes with Mr. Henry in Part III is described as “the one church women never allowed their eyes to rest on”?
(a) Miss Bertha.
(b) China.
(c) Maginot Line.
(d) Poland.

4. The narrator in Part II says that her family’s house is “old, cold” and what color?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

5. Which of the prostitutes in Part III is described as “thin, aging, absentminded, and unaggressive”?
(a) Poland.
(b) Miss Marie.
(c) Maginot Line.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?

2. The author describes the burgeoning self-esteem of children as “before their ego has” what, in the book’s Foreword?

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

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

5. What is the name of Pecola’s brother in the novel?

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