The Bluest Eye: 61-109

Which of the following best describes the physical features of Maureen Peal?

• Maureen is a dark-skinned black girl with brown eyes.

• Maureen is a dark-skinned black girl with blue eyes.

• Maureen is a light-skinned black girl with green eyes.

• Maureen is a white girl with brown eyes.

Which of the following nicknames does Claudia give to Maureen Peal?

• Moralistic Pilgrim

• Moldy Prune

• Mediocre Porridge

• Meringue Pie

What does Mr. Henry tell Claudia and Frieda to do with the quarter that he gives them?

• Mr. Henry tells them to buy some marigold seeds.

• Mr. Henry tells them to buy some potato chips.

• Mr. Henry tells them to buy some ice cream.

• Mr. Henry tells them to buy some Coca-Cola.

When narrator Claudia MacTeer asserts that she knows her enemy is not Maureen Peal but rather “the Thing,” to what is she referring (74)?

• “The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her smart, and not us” (74).

• “The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her beautiful, and not us” (74).

• “The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her brave, and not us” (74).

• “The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her creative, and not us” (74).

Which character does Mrs. MacTeer reportedly say that she “wouldn’t let eat out of one of her plates” (77)?

• Maureen Peal

• Pecola Breedlove

• Cholly Breedlove

• The Maginot Line

You cut that out, you hear? [. . .] Leave her ’lone, or I’m gone tell everybody what you did!” (66).

• Claudia MacTeer

• Frieda MacTeer

• Maureen Peal

• Pecola Breedlove

“There’s an Isaley’s. Want some ice cream? I have money” (68).

• Claudia MacTeer

• Frieda MacTeer

• Maureen Peal

• Pecola Breedlove

“I am cute! And you ugly! Black and ugly e mos. I am cute!” (73).

• Claudia MacTeer

• Frieda MacTeer

• Maureen Peal

• Pecola Breedlove

“Here’s a quarter. Gone over to Isaley’s and get yourself some cream. You been good girls, ain’t you?” (75).

• Mr. Henry

• Claudia MacTeer

• Pecola Breedlove

• Frieda MacTeer

“Those were some members of my Bible class. We read the scriptures together” (78).

• Mr. Henry

• Maureen Peal

• Frieda MacTeer

• Pecola Breedlove