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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous slogan of the Civil Rights Movement was criticized by author Toni Morrison?
(a) “Black is Beautiful.”
(b) “Black is Human.”
(c) “Black is Powerful.”
(d) “Black is Back.”

2. What is Maureen Peal said to have “even bought and liked” in Part III?
(a) White bread.
(b) White flour.
(c) White rice.
(d) White milk.

3. Whose image is on the milk cup that Frieda brings to Pecola in Part II?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt’s.
(b) Shirley Temple’s.
(c) B.B. King's.
(d) Henry Ford's.

4. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?
(a) Sally.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Miss Buford.

5. What (objectionable by today’s standards) term is used in the book to refer to persons classified as black who also have a high proportion of white ancestry?
(a) Tan.
(b) Cream.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Pink.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says in Part I, “What is clear now is that of all of that hope, fear, lust, love, and grief, nothing remains but Pecola and” what?

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

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. What do the narrator and her sister receive at the start of the school year in Part II?

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