The Bluest Eye Quiz (Spring pages 132-163)

In speaking of Cholly, Mrs. Breedlove says "I started to leave him once, but something came up. Once, after he tried to" do what?

• "Hang himself"

• "Light the house on fire."

• "Shoot himself"

• "Drown himself"

Where did Cholly's mother abandon him when he was four days old?

• by the junk heap at the railroad

• with her aunt

• at the church steps

• at an orphanage

What does the narrator say Aunty Jimmy died of?

• peach cobbler

• driking whiskey

• tobacco

• brain cancer

M'dear tells Aunt Jimmy to drink nothing but what when she is ill?

• orange juice

• whiskey

• pot liquor

• water

Cholly both loves and loathes his daughter. How is this conveyed after the rape?

• He is violently sick

• He blames her for what happened

• He runs away from the home

• He covers her with a blanket

Who raises Cholly?

• Aunt Jimmy

• Geraldine

• Samson

• Blue Jack

What happens after Aunt Jimmy’s funeral?

• Cholly beats up a younger boy

• Cholly has sex for the first time

• Cholly becomes ill

• Cholly hides under a bridge and cries

What happens when Cholly finds his father?

• He is frightened by his father's manner and runs away.

• His father disowns him.

• His father tries to beat him up.

• His father embraces him.

Asafetida bags are used to hold

• fetid remains of slaughtered pigs

• loose tea leaves

• Measured units of grains

• medicine

What is Cholly's main well known characteristic?

• Drug use

• Alcoholism

• Bipolar disorder

• Autism