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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s house has a door that is what color?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.
2. What does Pecola’s mother demand that Pecola’s father get out of bed and go get for her in their argument in Part II?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Flour.
(c) Coal.
(d) Milk.
3. 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?
(a) “They were ugly.”
(b) “They did not deserve any better.”
(c) “Their luck would change.”
(d) “God would save them.”
4. What actress does Claudia claim to like, causing her sister and Pecola to give her a puzzled look and consider her incomprehensible, in Part II?
(a) Jane Withers.
(b) Katherine Hepburn.
(c) Audrey Hepburn.
(d) Marylin Monroe.
5. What is Mr. Henry’s last name?
(a) Whitcomb.
(b) Washington.
(c) Yacobowski.
(d) Dunion.
Short Answer Questions
1. The girl who is described as the narrator’s “next-door friend who lives above her father’s café” in Part I is named Rosemary what?
2. What magic trick does Mr. Henry perform when he meets the narrator and her sister in Part II?
3. 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?
4. How old is Sammy when he lives by the pizza parlor in the narrator’s description from Part II?
5. How is Jane’s father described in the story in Part I?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Pecola pray for every night, according to the narrator in “Here is the Family…”? Why?
2. For what reason does the Breedlove family stay in the apartment, according to the narrator in “Here is the House…”?
3. According to some critics, the three versions of the reader presented on the first page of The Bluest Eye represent three lifestyles presented in the novel. What does the third version represent?
4. How is Mr. Henry described in “Autumn”? What is his role in the MacTeer home?
5. Describe the “Dick and Jane” reader presented in Part I. How does this excerpt change in each retelling?
6. How did author Toni Morrison perceive the Civil Rights Movement’s slogan “Black is Beautiful”? How is this seen in the novel?
7. How are Claudia’s feelings about Shirley Temple and about baby dolls illustrated in “Autumn”?
8. According to some critics, the three versions of the reader presented on the first page of The Bluest Eye represent three lifestyles presented in the novel. What does the second version represent?
9. Who takes control of the situation when Pecola suddenly begins menstruating in Part II? How?
10. Is the setting of the novel focused on a specific societal group, or is the setting inclusive of different racial groups?
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