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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. In speaking of Cholly, Mrs. Breedlove says in Part IV, “I started to leave him once, but something came up. Once, after he tried to” do what?
2. Who came and said that Frieda’s father was going to jail, causing Frieda to punch her in Part IV?
3. Who does Cholly’s aunt say his father was in Part IV?
4. Claudia says in Part III that she and Frieda always did their “Candy Dance” under the lilac bushes on the side of the house so that who would see and become jealous?
5. What were the baby twin siblings of Pauline Williams called, according to the narrator in Part IV?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the perceptions of Claudia and Frieda as they wait to leave with Pecola from her mother’s workplace in “Spring”?
2. What exchange takes place between Maginot Line and Claudia and Frieda in “Spring”?
3. Why does Frieda tell Claudia has happened with Mr. Henry in the beginning of Part IV?
4. Who do Claudia and Frieda encounter leaving their house when they return from Miss Bertha’s store in Part III?
5. What does Mr. Henry tell Claudia and Frieda about his unexpected guests in Part III? What do the girls do?
6. How does Mrs. Breedlove respond when she finds the spilled cobbler in “Spring”?
7. How is Maureen Peal described when she is first introduced in “Winter”?
8. How does the fresh cobbler come to be spilled in “Spring”? Who spills it?
9. How is Cholly Breedlove’s childhood described in “See Father…”? Who raised Cholly?
10. What are Claudia and Frieda’s feelings about Maureen Peal when she moves to Lorain in “Winter”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In Part I, the narrator claims, “There is really nothing more to say--except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.” What do you think the differences are between “why” and “how” in literature and in life? Do you think that the narrator effectively answers these questions in the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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