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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Toni Morrison in the book’s Foreword, “The extremity of Pecola's case stemmed largely from" what?
(a) “The poorest of luck.”
(b) “A series of bad choices.”
(c) “Societal pressures.”
(d) “A crippled and crippling family.”

2. What does the narrator say has become of Pecola’s father in Part I?
(a) He’s become President.
(b) He has died.
(c) He has left town.
(d) He has become rich.

3. The author states in the book's Foreword that when one is "hated for things we have no control over and cannot change," it is some consolation to know what?
(a) That the hatred is unjustified.
(b) That the hatred is justified.
(c) That the hatred is not accurate.
(d) That the hatred is accurate.

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

5. Part I of the novel begins with a story about a girl named Jane and her brother, who is named what?
(a) Bill.
(b) John.
(c) James.
(d) Dick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?

2. The author states in the Foreword, “In trying to dramatize the devastation that even casual racial contempt can cause I chose a unique situation, not" what?

3. 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"?

4. In what year does the author say The Bluest Eye began to take the form of a book in the Foreword?

5. In the second narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what is missing?

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