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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose image is on the milk cup that Frieda brings to Pecola in Part II?
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"?
3. What do the narrator and her sister receive at the start of the school year in Part II?
4. 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"?
5. Who owns the grocery store down the street from Pecola in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who can be seen in Part I as characters that face trouble assimilating into “white society’s standards of beauty”?
2. What foreshadowing is revealed by the narrator in the end of Part I?
3. What commotion begins when Rosemary “tattles” on Claudia, Frieda, and Pecola for “being nasty” in “Autumn”?
4. Why does Pecola Breedlove come to live with the MacTeers in “Autumn”?
5. What important symbolic images are presented in the opening “Dick and Jane” reader and the preface in Part I?
6. Is the setting of the novel focused on a specific societal group, or is the setting inclusive of different racial groups?
7. What is the primary setting for the novel? How is the author connected to this setting?
8. How does the narrator compare the state of being “put out” with being “outdoors” in “Autumn”?
9. How is the MacTeer home described in “Autumn”? How are the relationships between the children and the adults characterized?
10. What do Claudia and Frieda receive at the beginning of the school year in “Autumn”? What conversation consumes “the grownups” in the opening of this chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of “ugliness” in the novel. As opposed to “beauty,” how is ugliness defined by the narrator? What do you view “ugliness” as? How is ugliness portrayed by the Breedlove family?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Pecola in The Bluest Eye. Is Pecola the protagonist of the novel, or is the protagonist Claudia? Why do you believe this? How does Pecola’s character evolve from the beginning of the story to the end? How does her evolution affect Claudia and Frieda?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the character of Claudia MacTeer as the narrator of much of the novel. How old is Claudia in the opening of the narrative? Do you like this character? Why or why not? How does Claudia change in the course of the story?
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