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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Pecola believes that people in the town won’t look at her because of what in Part V?
(a) Her illiteracy.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) Her blue eyes.
(d) Her ugliness.

3. What does Toni Morrison refer to as the “most delicate member of society” in the book’s Foreword?
(a) A child.
(b) A new bride.
(c) An old woman.
(d) An old man.

4. On what street had Mr. Henry been living before taking a room from the MacTeer family?
(a) Thirteenth Street.
(b) Second Street.
(c) Fifth Street.
(d) Eighth Street.

5. Where does Pecola say the prostitute China is going to take her to see the square in Part IV?
(a) Elyria.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Claudia and Frieda promise to God to give up if Pecola’s baby lives in Part V?

3. How old does the narrator say she is in Part II?

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

5. Geraldine lives with her family next to the playground of what school, according to the narrator in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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