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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Bledsoe compose his face into a bland mask?
(a) He doesn't want Mr. Norton to know he is angry with the narrator.
(b) He wants to see Mr. Norton's reaction before revealing his own feelings.
(c) He wants to hide the fact that he is angry with Mr. Norton.
(d) He doesn't want the narrator to realize how upset he is.

2. Why is the narrator offended by the man behind the drugstore counter?
(a) The man wants to see his money before serving him.
(b) The man does not give him what he orders.
(c) The man overcharges him.
(d) The man assumes will order the special of pork chops, grits, one egg, biscuits, and coffee.

3. Dr. Bledsoe is preoccupied with what?
(a) keeping his position
(b) power
(c) getting even
(d) preventing Mr. Norton from expelling the narrator

4. What does Dr. Bledsoe call the narrator?
(a) a traitor
(b) a slave
(c) an educated fool
(d) a liar

5. What bit of advice from the young Mr. Emerson does the narrator actually heed?
(a) to forget about Mr. Bledsoe
(b) to realize that he has no identity
(c) to return to the college
(d) to call Liberty Paints and ask for a job

Short Answer Questions

1. Bledsoe tells the narrator that he should not worry about

2. What was the topic of the narrator's graduation day speech?

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

4. When the narrator goes to see Mr. Emerson, who does he actually see?

5. Why is the narrator unable to see Mr. Bates?

(see the answer key)

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