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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The narrator in Part II says that her family’s house is “old, cold” and what color?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.
2. The author states in the book’s Foreword, “Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was" what?
(a) “Something that could remind.”
(b) “Something to cherish.”
(c) “Something one could do.”
(d) “Something that could inspire.”
3. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s house has a door that is what color?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) White.
4. The narrator in Part I says that at first they thought there were no marigolds that fall because Pecola was what?
(a) Praying for bad weather.
(b) Planning to kill her father.
(c) Having her father’s baby.
(d) Depressed about life.
5. Part I of the novel begins with a story about a girl named Jane and her brother, who is named what?
(a) James.
(b) John.
(c) Dick.
(d) Bill.
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. What is Mr. Henry’s last name?
3. Who does Frieda say told her about menstruation in Part II?
4. How old is Pecola when she lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description in Part II?
5. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?
Short Essay Questions
1. What commotion begins when Rosemary “tattles” on Claudia, Frieda, and Pecola for “being nasty” in “Autumn”?
2. Who takes control of the situation when Pecola suddenly begins menstruating in Part II? How?
3. How is Mr. Henry described in “Autumn”? What is his role in the MacTeer home?
4. For what reason does the Breedlove family stay in the apartment, according to the narrator in “Here is the House…”?
5. How are Claudia’s feelings about Shirley Temple and about baby dolls illustrated in “Autumn”?
6. What information is related to the reader in the brief italicized preface before “Autumn”?
7. Who can be seen in Part I as characters that face trouble assimilating into “white society’s standards of beauty”?
8. How did author Toni Morrison perceive the Civil Rights Movement’s slogan “Black is Beautiful”? How is this seen in the novel?
9. According to some critics, the three versions of the reader presented on the first page of The Bluest Eye represent three lifestyles presented in the novel. What does the second version represent?
10. What does the narrator discuss regarding property-owning black families and their motivations in “Autumn”?
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