99 pages • 3 hours read
Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Exam Answer Key
Multiple Choice
1. C (Autumn)
2. A (Autumn)
3. B (Autumn)
4. D (Autumn)
5. A (Winter)
6. B (Winter)
7. A (Winter)
8. B (Winter)
9. C (Spring)
10. B (Spring)
11. A (Spring)
12. C (Summer)
13. D (Summer)
14. B (Summer)
15. A (Summer)
Long Answer
1. Soaphead Church plays the greatest role in Pecola’s irrationality at the end of the novel. He takes advantage of her insecurities and tricks her. Pecola goes to him asking for blue eyes, and he uses her to poison his property owner’s dog. When the dog dies, Pecola believes her wish is granted, signifying the start of her irrational thinking. (Various chapters)
2. As the words of the primer run together, they begin to lose meaning. These words have no meaning for the characters in the novel. They do not live in pretty houses. They are not happy. They do not wear pretty red dresses. These words are far from the characters’ realities and therefore have no meaning in their lives. In addition, because these are words from a reading primer, education has no meaning for the characters.
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