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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Frieda’s parents when Mr. Henry “touched her” in Part IV?
(a) At the library.
(b) Weeding the garden.
(c) Shopping.
(d) At church.

2. The author states in the Foreword, “In trying to dramatize the devastation that even casual racial contempt can cause I chose a unique situation, not" what?
(a) “A representative one.”
(b) “An imaginative one.”
(c) “A realistic one.”
(d) “A classic one.”

3. Claudia says in Part III that she and Frieda always did their “Candy Dance” under the lilac bushes on the side of the house so that who would see and become jealous?
(a) Pecola.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) M’Dear.
(d) Polly.

4. With what animal does Geraldine’s son torment Pecola in Part III?
(a) A dog.
(b) A snake.
(c) A fish.
(d) A cat.

5. 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) “God would save them.”
(d) “They did not deserve any better.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives to play with Jane at the end of the story in Part I?

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

3. How is Jane’s father described in the story in Part I?

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

5. In what year does the author say The Bluest Eye began to take the form of a book in the Foreword?

(see the answer key)

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