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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) “Disembodied and alienated.”
(b) “Disliked, even rejected.”
(c) “Villain-ized or victimized.”
(d) “Victimized, or traumatized.”

2. What pet does Jane first attempt to play with in the story from Part I?
(a) The goldfish.
(b) The dog.
(c) The cat.
(d) The hampster.

3. What is Pecola’s father’s name, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Anderson Breedlove.
(b) Sammy Breedlove.
(c) Cholly Breedlove.
(d) Soaphead Church.

4. 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 accurate.
(b) That the hatred is unjustified.
(c) That the hatred is justified.
(d) That the hatred is not accurate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Part I of the novel begins with a story about a girl named Jane and her brother, who is named what?

3. 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?

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

5. The author states in the book’s Foreword that in constructing the narrative she did not want to do what to "the characters who trashed Pecola and contributed to her collapse"?

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