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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 in Part II says that her family’s house is “old, cold” and what color?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

2. Where is “that trifling Peggy” said to be from in Part II?
(a) Elyria.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Meridian.
(d) Lorain.

3. The author describes the burgeoning self-esteem of children as “before their ego has” what, in the book’s Foreword?
(a) “A brain.”
(b) “A stomach.”
(c) “Arms.”
(d) “Legs.”

4. Mrs. MacTeer exclaims during her diatribe in Part II, “I got about as much business with another mouth to feed as a cat has with” what?
(a) “A top hat.”
(b) “A wheelbarrow.”
(c) “Side pockets.”
(d) “A wristwatch.”

5. In the second narrative of the Jane story in Part I, what is missing?
(a) Every other word.
(b) Punctuation and capitalization.
(c) Spacing.
(d) Every noun.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Pecola when she lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description in Part II?

2. The narrator states in Part II, “The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjusting to the cutbacks at the plant. They lived there because they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believed” what?

3. What does Toni Morrison refer to as the “most delicate member of society” in the book’s Foreword?

4. According to the narrator in Part II, who “spent all their energies, all their love, on their nests”?

5. Who calls Mrs. MacTeer and tells her that Claudia, Pecola and Frieda are “playing nasty” in Part II?

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