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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part I that there were no marigolds in the fall of what year?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1932.

2. 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) “Villain-ized or victimized.”
(d) “Disembodied and alienated.”

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

4. The narrator in Part II describes the adults as treating illness in children with what?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Contempt.

5. The narrator states in Part II, “The only living thing in the Breedloves' house was” what?
(a) “The coal stove.”
(b) “The kitchen sink.”
(c) “The bed.”
(d) “The couch.”

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

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

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

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

10. The narrator says in Part II, “So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want” what?
(a) “My advice.”
(b) “Me to die.”
(c) “My money.”
(d) “My help.”

11. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?
(a) The goldfish.
(b) The dog.
(c) The cat.
(d) The hampster.

12. In Part II, the narrator says that “drunken men with sober eyes sing in the lobby” of what hotel?
(a) “The Greek hotel.”
(b) “The Polish hotel.”
(c) “The English hotel.”
(d) “The Spanish hotel.”

13. Who calls Mrs. MacTeer and tells her that Claudia, Pecola and Frieda are “playing nasty” in Part II?
(a) Miss Dunion.
(b) Paula Williams.
(c) Ada Williams.
(d) Rosemary.

14. On what street had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?
(a) Eighth Street.
(b) Fifth Street.
(c) Thirteenth Street.
(d) Second Street.

15. How old is Sammy when he lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description from Part II?
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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