Physical
Social
Mental
100
What age is Pecola?
11 years old
100
What were the names of Pecola's mother and father?
Mother: Pauline Breedlove Father: Cholly Breedlove
100
What does Pecola believe she needs to have in order to be happy?
Blue eyes
200
What does Claudia and Frieda plant to save Pecola's baby?
Marigolds
200
Did Pecola kill Geraldine's cat?
No, Geraldine's son Junior kills the cat.
200
Whose viewpoint is the story written in and also narrates Pecola's actions?
Claudia MacTeer
300
Who helps Pecola when she menstruates for the first time?
Frieda MacTeer
300
In the Spring chapter, who does Pecola go to, asking for blue eyes?
Soaphead Church
300
Pecola drinks three quarts of milk because..?
So she can look at Shirley Temple's face on the cup.
400
True or False. Pecola has a bad foot.
False. Pecola's mother, Pauline, has a bad foot.
400
What chapter does Pecola's father rape her?
Spring: Chapter 8
400
What major theme in the book supports Pecola's desire for blue eyes?
Whiteness as the standard of beauty
500
Who was the first person to consider Pecola ugly?
Her mother Pauline, who also has a negative self-image.
500
Which two characters from the book run away as a mechanism to avoid conflict? A. Claudia & Frieda B. Cholly & Sammy C. Pecola & Pauline
B. Cholly & Sammy
500
True or False. If Pecola was white, the world would see her differently and she would see the world differently.
False. Pecola believes that if she has BLUE EYES the world would see her differently and she would see the world differently.
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