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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 describes The Bluest Eye as having begun as a bleak narrative of what in the Foreword?
(a) Psychological rape.
(b) Physical arson.
(c) Physical burglary.
(d) Psychological murder.

2. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?
(a) 2 quarts.
(b) 1 quart.
(c) 3 gallons.
(d) 3 quarts.

3. The author states in the novel's Foreword, "There can't be anyone, I am sure, who doesn't know what it feels like to be" what "momentarily or for sustained periods of time"?
(a) “Disembodied and alienated.”
(b) “Disliked, even rejected.”
(c) “Victimized, or traumatized.”
(d) “Villain-ized or victimized.”

4. Which movie does Maureen say the name Pecola is from in Part III?
(a) Imitation of Life.
(b) Vertigo.
(c) East of Eden.
(d) Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

5. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?
(a) The hampster.
(b) The cat.
(c) The goldfish.
(d) The dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator compares her father’s eyes to a “cliff of snow threatening to” what, in Part III?

2. Frieda slams her books on whose head when she and Claudia encounter schoolboys taunting Pecola in Part III?

3. What is the narrator of Part II’s sister’s name?

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

5. In the second narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what is missing?

(see the answer key)

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