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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What actress does Claudia claim to like, causing her sister and Pecola to give her a puzzled look and consider her incomprehensible, in Part II?
(a) Audrey Hepburn.
(b) Jane Withers.
(c) Katherine Hepburn.
(d) Marylin Monroe.

5. The author states in the Foreword that her concept of breaking the narrative of the novel into parts "didn't work" because many readers "remain touched but not" what?
(a) “Informed.”
(b) “Moved.”
(c) “Enlightened.”
(d) “Guilty.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?

2. The girl who is described as the narrator’s “next-door friend who lives above her father’s café” in Part I is named Rosemary what?

3. The narrator states in Part II, “The only living thing in the Breedloves' house was” what?

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

5. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?

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