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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 (15[1])Marie, three (15[1])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 mug inspires a girl to ask Soaphead Church for this novel’s title (10[1])trait. For ten points, name this novel about the Pecola Breedlove, the first by Toni (10[1])Morrison. ■END■

ANSWER: The Bluest Eye
<Literature - American Literature>
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