IB Diploma Programme Student: .........................................

English B – High Level Date: .............................................

Literary work 1: The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison

SPRING (Chapter 7) – MINI TEST 2

1. Choose the correct answer for each question:

A) How many siblings did Pauline have?

i. 9
ii. 10
iii. 11
iv. 8

B) What event did Pauline blame for her feeling of unworthiness?

i. She had an accident when she was born.
ii. She was born with only one ear.
iii. She was deaf.
iv. She stepped on a nail when she was 2.

C) What changed when Pauline turned 15?

i. She lost her interest in cleaning.
ii. Her family migrated again.
iii. She got a new brother.
iv. She started school again.

D) What was Cholly’s attitude towards Pauline’s infirmity (when they were young)?
i. He ignored it.
ii. He laughed at her.
iii. He made it seem special and endearing.
iv. He made it seem unimportant.

E) Why did Pauline start to feel lonely again when she and Cholly moved up north?
i. The house was too big.
ii. She didn’t understand the language.
iii. It was too hard to make friends.
iv. The weather was too damp.

2. Write “T” if the statement is true or “F” if it is false. Justify your answer in both cases.

a) When she was a child, Pauline hated the stillness and isolation of the house whenever her parents left to
work and her siblings were at school. .......
b) Pauline was a melancholic teenager. ........
c) When Cholly and Pauline moved up north, Cholly started to enjoy Pauline’s dependence on him. ........
d) As time went by, money became the focus of all their arguments and discussions. ......
e) Pauline believed the first woman she worked for complained too much about stupid things. .......
f) Pauline’s first boss fired her immediately when Cholly turned up drunk in her house. ........
g) Pauline became obsessed with the ideas of romantic love and physical beauty she absorbed from movies.....
h) Pauline and Cholly stopped fighting after she lost her tooth at the cinema. ......
i) Pauline felt highly discriminated against at the hospital when she was about to give birth to Pecola. ......
j) Working for the Fishers made Pauline feel important. ......
 IB Diploma Programme Student: .........................................
English B – High Level Date: .............................................
Literary work 1: The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison

SPRING (Chapter 7) – MINI TEST 2

1. Choose the correct answer for each question:

A) How many siblings did Pauline have?

i. 9
ii. 10
iii. 11
iv. 8

B) What event did Pauline blame for her feeling of unworthiness?

i. She had an accident when she was born.
ii. She was born with only one ear.
iii. She was deaf.
iv. She stepped on a nail when she was 2.

C) What changed when Pauline turned 15?

i. She lost her interest in cleaning.
ii. Her family migrated again.
iii. She got a new brother.
iv. She started school again.

D) What was Cholly’s attitude towards Pauline’s infirmity (when they were young)?
i. He ignored it.
ii. He laughed at her.
iii. He made it seem special and endearing.
iv. He made it seem unimportant.

E) Why did Pauline start to feel lonely again when she and Cholly moved up north?
i. The house was too big.
ii. She didn’t understand the language.
iii. It was too hard to make friends.
iv. The weather was too damp.

2. Write “T” if the statement is true or “F” if it is false. Justify your answer in both cases.

a) When she was a child, Pauline hated the stillness and isolation of the house whenever her parents left to
work and her siblings were at school. .......
b) Pauline was a melancholic teenager. ........
c) When Cholly and Pauline moved up north, Cholly started to enjoy Pauline’s dependence on him. ........
d) As time went by, money became the focus of all their arguments and discussions. ......
e) Pauline believed the first woman she worked for complained too much about stupid things. .......
f) Pauline’s first boss fired her immediately when Cholly turned up drunk in her house. ........
g) Pauline became obsessed with the ideas of romantic love and physical beauty she absorbed from movies.....
h) Pauline and Cholly stopped fighting after she lost her tooth at the cinema. ......
i) Pauline felt highly discriminated against at the hospital when she was about to give birth to Pecola. ......
j) Working for the Fishers made Pauline feel important. ......