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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. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?
2. How does Pecola’s mother describe Pecola when she was born in Part IV?
3. What neighbor told Mrs. MacTeer that Frieda should be taken to the doctor after the run-in with Mr. Henry in case she was “ruined” in Part IV?
4. In describing Pecola’s mother in Part IV, the narrator says, “Holding Cholly as a model of sin and failure, she bore him like a crown of thorns, and her children like” what?
5. Who is the gym teacher that Maureen describes as bow-legged in Part III?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are Pauline Williams’s early years described in “See Mother…”?
2. How does the narrator distinguish the difference between “colored girls” and “black girls” in “See the Cat…”?
3. “See the Cat…” begins with a discussion of what “types of girls”? Where are these individuals from?
4. What are the perceptions of Claudia and Frieda as they wait to leave with Pecola from her mother’s workplace in “Spring”?
5. Why does Frieda tell Claudia has happened with Mr. Henry in the beginning of Part IV?
6. How is Geraldine’s family described in “See the Cat…”? Upon what does Geraldine focus her affection?
7. How is Maureen Peal described when she is first introduced in “Winter”?
8. How does the narrator describe the blooming flowers and twigs in the opening of “Spring”?
9. How does the narrator describe her father’s face in the opening of “Winter”? What imagery is used?
10. What happens when Frieda, Claudia, and Maureen Peal encounter some schoolboys taunting Pecola in “Winter”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define “narrative point of view,” and identify this in The Bluest Eye. Is the narrative of the “Dick and Jane” related in first, second, or third person? How does the narrative point of view change in the italicized preface in Part I? How does the narrative point of view and tense fluctuate within the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss racial discrimination within black communities in the United States. How and why, in the novel, is Maureen Peal depicted as being of a higher stature because of the lighter color of her skin tone? What discrimination does Maureen face in her community and in the white community?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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