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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author describes the burgeoning self-esteem of children as “before their ego has” what, in the book’s Foreword?
(a) “A brain.”
(b) “Legs.”
(c) “A stomach.”
(d) “Arms.”

2. According to the narrator in Part II, who “spent all their energies, all their love, on their nests”?
(a) “Rich white people.”
(b) “Propertied black people.”
(c) “Poor Hispanic people.”
(d) “Poor white people.”

3. The author states in the book’s Foreword, “Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was" what?
(a) “Something that could inspire.”
(b) “Something that could remind.”
(c) “Something one could do.”
(d) “Something to cherish.”

4. In the third narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what has been taken away?
(a) Punctuation.
(b) Spacing.
(c) Consonants.
(d) Vowels.

5. What does Jane’s mother do when Jane asks her to play in the story from Part I?
(a) She cries.
(b) She runs off.
(c) She screams.
(d) She laughs.

6. What is Mr. Henry’s last name?
(a) Dunion.
(b) Whitcomb.
(c) Washington.
(d) Yacobowski.

7. What does the narrator say has become of Pecola’s father in Part I?
(a) He has become rich.
(b) He’s become President.
(c) He has died.
(d) He has left town.

8. 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?
(a) “The infinite sky.”
(b) “The sands of time.”
(c) “The savage animals.”
(d) “The unyielding earth.”

9. The author states in the book’s Foreword that in constructing the narrative she did not want to do what to "the characters who trashed Pecola and contributed to her collapse"?
(a) Make them into martyrs.
(b) Dehumanize them.
(c) Justify their actions.
(d) Make them seem human.

10. Mrs. MacTeer exclaims during her diatribe in Part II, “I got about as much business with another mouth to feed as a cat has with” what?
(a) “A top hat.”
(b) “A wristwatch.”
(c) “Side pockets.”
(d) “A wheelbarrow.”

11. What does Claudia recall doing with her baby dolls as a child in Part II?
(a) Dismembering them.
(b) Adoring them.
(c) Playing dress-up with them.
(d) Playing house with them.

12. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?
(a) 2 quarts.
(b) 3 quarts.
(c) 1 quart.
(d) 3 gallons.

13. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?
(a) A 1932 Ford.
(b) A 1939 Buick.
(c) A 1937 Cadillac.
(d) A 1930 Chevrolet.

14. How old is the narrator’s sister in Part II?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 5.

15. 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 not accurate.
(b) That the hatred is accurate.
(c) That the hatred is unjustified.
(d) That the hatred is justified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toni Morrison refer to as the “most delicate member of society” in the book’s Foreword?

2. The girl who is described as the narrator’s “next-door friend who lives above her father’s café” in Part I is named Rosemary what?

3. In the book’s Foreword, the author writes that the book arose from a conversation she had with a childhood friend who wished that she had what?

4. What does Toni Morrison refer to as the most “vulnerable member” of society in the novel’s Foreword?

5. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?

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