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Bluest Eye Study Guide

by Toni Morrison

Bluest Eye Quiz 2

1. Maureen Peal is

  • Pecola's real name
  • a prostitute who moves in with China, Poland, and Maureen
  • a light-skinned black girl who is the darling of teachers and students at school
  • a girl with a rare skin disease

2. The fact that the children use the word "black" as an insult against each other shows

  • that black people have internalized the loathing whites feel for them
  • that children don't mean what they say
  • that the word black has many different meanings
  • that black really is a bad thing to be

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