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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) “Moved.”
(b) “Guilty.”
(c) “Enlightened.”
(d) “Informed.”

2. Who had at one time been the idols of Geraldine’s son, according to the narrator in Part III?
(a) Mr. Breelove.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. MacTeer.
(c) Bay Boy and P.L.
(d) Soaphead Church.

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

4. 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) “Victimized, or traumatized.”
(b) “Disliked, even rejected.”
(c) “Disembodied and alienated.”
(d) “Villain-ized or victimized.”

5. The narrator says in Part IV, “Even now spring for me is shot through with the remembered ache of” what?
(a) “Switchings.”
(b) “Swattings.”
(c) “Spankings.”
(d) “Swattings.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In speaking of Pecola’s father in Part I, the narrator says, “Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his” what?

2. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?

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

4. When Frieda tells Claudia what happened with Mr. Henry, Mr. Henry is compared to what townsperson in Part IV?

5. What were the baby twin siblings of Pauline Williams called, according to the narrator in Part IV?

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