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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the book’s Foreword, the author writes that the book arose from a conversation she had with a childhood friend who wished that she had what?
(a) Green eyes.
(b) Blue eyes.
(c) Freckles.
(d) Blond hair.

2. In the third narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what has been taken away?
(a) Vowels.
(b) Punctuation.
(c) Spacing.
(d) Consonants.

3. What does Jane’s mother do when Jane asks her to play in the story from Part I?
(a) She cries.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She screams.
(d) She runs off.

4. What color is Jane’s dress in the story from Part I?
(a) Brown.
(b) Orange.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

5. Who is the narrator of Part I?
(a) Poland.
(b) Claudia MacTeer.
(c) Frieda MacTeer.
(d) Pecola Breedlove.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say has become of Pecola’s father in Part I?

2. The author describes The Bluest Eye as having begun as a bleak narrative of what in the Foreword?

3. The narrator says in Part I that there were no marigolds in the fall of what year?

4. Who arrives to play with Jane at the end of the story in Part I?

5. What does Jane’s father do when Jane asks him to play in the story from Part I?

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