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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part II, the narrator says that “drunken men with sober eyes sing in the lobby” of what hotel?
(a) “The English hotel.”
(b) “The Spanish hotel.”
(c) “The Polish hotel.”
(d) “The Greek hotel.”

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

3. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?
(a) Orange.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

4. The sound of what town’s name “opens the windows of a room like the first four notes of a hymn,” according to Claudia in Part III?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Elyria.
(d) Meridian.

5. What is the name of Pecola’s brother in the novel?
(a) Fowler.
(b) Woodrow.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator in Part II, who “spent all their energies, all their love, on their nests”?

3. How old is the narrator’s sister in Part II?

4. The author states in the Foreword that her concept of breaking the narrative of the novel into parts "didn't work" because many readers "remain touched but not" what?

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

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