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 juice after Aunt Jimmy’s funeral. One character in this novel befriends China, Poland, and Miss Marie, three prostitutes who live above her storefront apartment. This novel’s chapters usually follow quotations from (*) Dick and Jane books. Marigolds fail to 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[1])trait. For ten points, name (10[1])this novel about the Pecola (10[1])Breedlove, the first by Toni Morrison. (10[1]0[2])■END■