The Bluest Eye: Prologue - Chapter 3

What does the narrator say is the reason she now believes the marigolds never bloomed?

• Pecola's father stole them

• A dog ate them

• The earth was barren

• She planted them poorly

In the novel's Prologue, who or what does the unnamed narrator identify as having died?

• Pecola's baby

• Her own innocence

• Pecola's father

• All of the above

According to Claudia's mother, Della Jones' husband left her because ___.

• She couldn't cook

• She cheated on him

• She smelled too clean

• She nagged too much

Who is depicted on the cup Pecola likes to drink out of when she comes to live with the MacTeers?

• Shirley Temple

• Jean Harlow

• Betty Boop

• Doris Day

What piece of furniture in the Breedloves' apartment fills its owners with rage?

• The door

• The bed

• The sink

• A couch

While Pecola's family is fighting violently in the next room, Pecola imagines all her body parts disappearing except for ___.

• Her hair

• Her nails

• Her eyes

• Her lips

What kind of flower does Pecola observe when she walks to Mr. Yacobowski's grocery store to buy candy?

• Marigolds

• Buttercups

• Daisies

• Dandelions

Who tells Pecola a story about turning one of her boyfriends over to the FBI?

• Pauline

• China

• Miss Marie

• Poland

After the Breedloves moved out, what business was run out of their apartment?

• A pizza parlor

• A library

• A brothel

• A hotel

In the novel's Prologue, what is the year in which the narrator says no marigolds bloomed?

• 1940

• 1941

• 1942

• 1943