The Bluest Eye: 81-109

What causes Junior to feel “hatred” towards his mother Geraldine’s cat?

• Junior is aware that the cat is first in his mother’s affections.

• Junior has allergies that make him sneeze in the presence of cats.

• When he was an infant, Junior was scratched across the face by his mother’s cat.

• Junior is prejudiced against cats with black fur.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How does Junior end up killing Geraldine’s cat?

• Junior places the cat under a pillow and then jumps on top of the pillow.

• Junior swings the cat in a circle above his head and then throws it against a window.

• Junior puts the cat into the oven and shuts the door.

• Junior throws the cat under the wheels of a moving school bus.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Why does Mr. MacTeer knock Mr. Henry off the porch? Why does Mrs. MacTeer hit Mr. Henry with a broom?

• The MacTeers learn that Mr. Henry brought two prostitutes into the house.

• The MacTeers are angry that Mr. Henry moved in but refused to pay the rent.

• The MacTeers learn that Mr. Henry attempted to burn their house down.

• The MacTeers learn that Mr. Henry molested their oldest daughter, Frieda.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

How does the narrator describe the house where Mrs. Breedlove works as a housekeeper?

• The house is a “large white house” featuring a “wheelbarrow full of flowers” (105).

• The house is a “narrow brick house” with a “narrow sunless windows” (105).

• The house is a “modest coach house” nestled in the “shadow of a stone mansion” (105).

• The house is a “converted storefront” that does not have any “bathing facilities” (105).

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What causes Mrs. Breedlove to get angry and tell Pecola to leave the Fishers’ house?

• Pecola accidentally breaks one of the baby dolls owned by the Fishers’ daughter.

• Pecola accidentally spills the lemonade that her mother has just finished making.

• Pecola accidentally tips over the berry cobbler that her mother has just finished baking.

• Pecola accidentally falls down the stairs that lead to the Fishers’ basement.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

“Say, you want to see something? I got something to show you. [. . .] Some kittens” (88-89).

• Geraldine

• Junior

• Frieda MacTeer

• Pecola Breedlove

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

“Mr. Henry. [. . .] He . . . picked at me. [. . .] He touched me” (99).

• Geraldine

• Junior

• Frieda MacTeer

• Pecola Breedlove

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

“I don’t want to be ruined. [. . .] Like the Maginot Line. She’s ruined. Mama said so” (101).

• Geraldine

• Junior

• Frieda MacTeer

• Pecola Breedlove

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

“Her name is Miss Marie. [. . .] Miss Marie is nice. They all nice” (106).

• Geraldine

• Junior

• Frieda MacTeer

• Pecola Breedlove

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

“Hush, baby hush. Come here. Oh, Lord, look at your dress. Don’t cry no more. Polly will change it” (109).

• Pecola Breedlove

• Mrs. Breedlove

• Geraldine

• Junior

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6