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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some of the black men carry?
(a) shackles
(b) brief cases
(c) radios
(d) pouches strapped to their wrists

2. What fault does Emma find with the narrator?
(a) He is too indecisive
(b) He isn't black enough.
(c) He has no money to contribute
(d) He probably won't fit in with the group

3. What does the moon symbolize?
(a) Intellectual vision that is defective
(b) The vision of those in power.
(c) An eye that sees only what it chooses.
(d) The eye of God

4. What makes the narrator homesick when he first gets to New York?
(a) a message from Mr. Norton
(b) the letters he carries
(c) the sight of other black people
(d) a Gideon Bible

5. In Chapter 14, why is Mary cooking cabbage?
(a) It's a reminder of the south
(b) It's all she can afford
(c) The narrator has asked for it.
(d) She thinks it will please the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. After whom does the narrator say he wants to pattern himself?

2. What does the narrator fear is the reason for his inability to get an appointment with the trustees?

3. What does Trueblood's story suggest about the white men at the jail house?

4. What kind of speeches has the narrator given from the stage in the chapel?

5. Where does the road in the college town ultimately lead?

(see the answer key)

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