After being compared to a foaling horse in this novel, a woman screams during childbirth to “let them people know having a baby was more than a bowel movement.” In this novel, Darlene’s dress becomes stained with muscadine (-5[1])juice after Aunt (-5[1])Jimmy’s funeral. One character in this novel befriends China, Poland, and Miss (15[3])Marie, three (15[2])prostitutes who (15[1])live above her (15[1])storefront (15[2])apartment. This novel’s chapters usually follow quotations from (*) Dick and (10[2])Jane books. Marigolds fail to (10[1])bloom in this novel, which Claudia and Frieda attribute to the incestuous rape of a character. A Shirley Temple (10[1])mug inspires a girl to ask Soaphead Church for this novel’s title (10[2])trait. For (10[1])ten points, name (10[1])this novel about the Pecola (10[1])Breedlove, the first by Toni (10[2])Morrison. (10[2]0[2])■END■