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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the gym teacher that Maureen describes as bow-legged in Part III?
(a) Miss Erkmeister.
(b) Miss Peal.
(c) Miss Cain.
(d) Miss Forrester.

3. The author states in the book's Foreword that when one is "hated for things we have no control over and cannot change," it is some consolation to know what?
(a) That the hatred is accurate.
(b) That the hatred is not accurate.
(c) That the hatred is unjustified.
(d) That the hatred is justified.

4. Claudia says of the girls who come from places like Mobile and Aiken that they acquire skills in order to get rid of “the funkiness” of what?
(a) “Passion.”
(b) “Capitalism.”
(c) “Murder.”
(d) “Bigotry.”

5. What lake is near where Claudia and Frieda live in the novel?
(a) Lake Erie.
(b) Lake Superior.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Huron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pecola pray for every night, according to the narrator in Part II?

2. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?

3. In what year does the author say in the Foreword that she began the “story” that would eventually lead to The Bluest Eye?

4. In the third narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what has been taken away?

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

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