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the bluest eye
reading quiz - winter
directions: answer each of the following questions based upon your reading, using process of elimination strategies. please convert your answers to this section immediately below.

1. why are the girls jealous of maureen?

(a) she is driven to school.
(b) bobby has a crush on her.
(c) her father is cholly’s boss.
(d) she is light skinned and wealthy.

1. what does frieda do when the boys are bullying pecola?

(a) run to get mrs. macteer.
(b) pretend that she does not know pecola.
(c) join in by insulting pecola.
(d) hits one of the boys with her books.

1. why does claudia try to hit maureen?

(a) because she doesn’t buy her ice cream.
(b) because she pulls claudia’s hair.
(c) because she talks about pecola’s father.
(d) because she insults mrs. macteer.

1. how does claudia’s mother feel about china?

(a) she hates china because of her job.
(b) she is jealous of china’s fancy clothes.
(c) she wants china to marry mr. henry.
(d) she is worried that china will make mr. henry move out.

1. how are the women from mobile described?

(a) they are described as beautiful, but they do not have any motivation.
(b) they are described as pleasant, and they are taught to have good manners.
(c) they are described as nasty and rude to everyone they meet.
(d) they are described as low - class and poor.

1. who is geraldine?

(a) frieda’s friend from school.
(b) one of the women who lives down the breedloves’ home.
(c) pecola’s nanny.
(d) a woman from mobile who moved to lorain.

1. what does junior like to do?

(a) go to school.
(b) play games at home.
(c) bully black girls.
(d) buy candy with stolen money.

1. how does pecola react to geraldine’s house?

(a) she finds it beautiful.
(b) she is repulsed by it.
(c) she wants to leave immediately.
(d) she is afraid of the cat.

1. what picture of a famous person does pecola see at geraldine’s house?

(a) zora neale hurston
(b) malcolm x
(c) jesus
(d) president roosevelt

1. what happens when geraldine gets home?

(a) pecola and geraldine get into a fight and pecola storms out of the house.
(b) geraldine and her husband find pecola and junior playing with the dead cat.
(c) geraldine blames pecola for the cat’s injuries and insults her.
(d) geraldine gets angry at junior for being near pecola, a black girl.

Explanation:

To solve these reading quiz questions about The Bluest Eye, we analyze each based on the novel's content:

Question 1

The girls are jealous of Maureen because she is light - skinned and wealthy (matches the social and economic/racial dynamics in the novel).

Answer:

D. She is light skinned and wealthy.

Question 2

When boys bully Pecola, Frieda hits one of the boys with her books (consistent with Frieda’s protective nature).