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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Pauline Williams injure her foot when she was young?
(a) She stepped on a rusty nail.
(b) She kicked a door.
(c) A dog bit her.
(d) She fell down the stairs.

2. What is the narrator of Part II’s sister’s name?
(a) Frieda MacTeer.
(b) Maureen Peal.
(c) Pecola Breedlove.
(d) Rosemary Villanucci.

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

4. 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) Blue eyes.
(b) Freckles.
(c) Blond hair.
(d) Green eyes.

5. In Part II, the narrator says that “drunken men with sober eyes sing in the lobby” of what hotel?
(a) “The English hotel.”
(b) “The Spanish hotel.”
(c) “The Polish hotel.”
(d) “The Greek hotel.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pecola’s father’s name, according to the narrator in Part I?

2. Which of the prostitutes in Part III is described as “thin, aging, absentminded, and unaggressive”?

3. How is Jane’s father described in the story in Part I?

4. What is Mr. Henry’s last name?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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