The Bluest Eye Winter Quiz

What does Frieda know about Woodrow Cain that she was going to expose to all?

• He wets the bed

• He picks his nose

• He has never kissed a girl

• He doesn’t have a dad

Whose cat is Pecola blamed for killing?

• Mrs. MacTeer's

• Maginot Line's

• Her mother's

• Geraldine's

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Who temporarily befriends Pecola after Pecola is teased by a group of boys?

• Rosemary Villanucci

• Claudia MacTeer

• Junior

• Maureen Peal

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Why does Maureen start a conversation with Claudia?

• She wanted to be her friend

• She was lonely

• She was her sister.

• Maureen happens to have her school locker next to Claudia’s.

Narrator says of the girls who come from places like Moblie and Aiken that they study "teacher education to instruct black children in" what?

• science

• obedience

• math

• religion

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With what animal does Louis Junior torment Pecola?

• a dog

• a snake

• a cat

• a fish

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Morrison claims girls from Mobile learn...

• to be kind and compassionate to others

• obedience, housekeeping and do the white man's work

• confidence and typing skills

• how to dream and fall in love

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How is Maureen Peal's prettiness undercut?

• she has a speech impediment
• she was badly burnt as a baby
• she was born with six fingers on each hand
• her clothes are unfashionable

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What were the boys at school picking on Pecola for?

• She saw her father naked and she was black.

• They liked her.

• They wanted to fight her because she was a bully.

• They wanted to show off on Maureen.

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Why does Mr. Henry send Claudia and Frieda out for ice cream?

• So that he can steal from Mrs. MacTeer

• So that he can drink all of Mrs. MacTeer’s milk

• So that he can entertain prostitutes

• So that his bible-study group can meet in peace

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