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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near what local coal company does the narrator say she sometimes goes in the evenings with grown-ups to fill burlap sacks with coal in Part II?
(a) Zick’s Coal Company.
(b) Johnson's Coal Company.
(c) Howard’s Coal Company.
(d) Murphy's Coal Company.

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

3. The narrator states in Part II, “The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjusting to the cutbacks at the plant. They lived there because they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believed” what?
(a) “Their luck would change.”
(b) “They were ugly.”
(c) “They did not deserve any better.”
(d) “God would save them.”

4. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Pecola.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Mildred.

5. In what year does the author say in the Foreword that she began the “story” that would eventually lead to The Bluest Eye?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s house has a door that is what color?

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

3. Who is the gym teacher that Maureen describes as bow-legged in Part III?

4. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they “hold their behind in for fear of a sway too” what, in Part III?

5. When describing the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken, Claudia says in Part III, “They do not drink, smoke, or swear, and they still call sex” what?

(see the answer key)

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