The Bluest Eye

Claudia and Frieda avoid Pecola after her baby dies because

• she is no longer at school

• they don't want to become prostitutes

• they feel they failed her

• their mother asks her to stay from her

Which character takes refuge in the movies?

• Frieda

• Maureen Peal

• Pecola

• Pauline Breedlove

How does Morrison use marigolds, sunflowers and dandelions in the novel?

• they represent Pecola and what she endures

• they provide a sense of nature's beauty

• they represent the girls from Mobile

• they offer hope that something beautiful can grow

What did Pecola love to drink out of the Shirley Temple cup?

• apple juice

• Fanta

• orange juice

• milk

Why did Pecola come to live with the MacTeer's?

• Her father was a drunk

• Her father burned their house down

• They got evicted

• Her mother died

Who is Cholly?

• He gives Pecola blue eyes

• Claudia's mom

• Pecola's father

• Soaphead Church's father

Which piece of furniture purchase by the Breedlove's is split or torn?

• the mattress

• the couch

• chair

• bed

According to the text, what does it mean to be "put out?"

• to be angry

• to have no place to go

• to go someplace else

• to burn your house down

What food item does a father figure named Blue Jack share with Cholly?

• peach cobbler

• watermelon

• a basket of bread

• lemonade

By whom are Cholly and Darlene interrupted while they having sex?

• Darlene's father who threatens to shoot Cholly

• a pack of dogs

• two white hunters with guns and flashlights

• Cholly's cousin and the other girls