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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims in Chapter 10, “I have no doubt that the Negro would make a good Chinaman, with exception of” what?
(a) “The ears.”
(b) “The pigtail.”
(c) “The eyes.”
(d) “The mouth.”

2. According to the author in Chapter 10, “Southerners are very much like” who “in that they must talk”?
(a) Russians.
(b) Frenchmen.
(c) Spaniards.
(d) Englishmen.

3. The narrator’s mother supported herself and her son by what means, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Tutoring students.
(b) Giving violin lessons.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Growing vegetables.

4. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A brothel.
(c) Hundreds of boxes.
(d) A Chinese Chop-suey restaurant.

5. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that his section of New York is limited to how many blocks?
(a) 25.
(b) 42.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say he changed his attitudes toward his peers after the discovery that he was biracial?

2. How much money does the narrator lose on his second trip to the gambling house in Chapter 8?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 10, “It is the spirit of the South to defend everything belonging to it. The North is too” what “for such a spirit”?

4. How much money does the narrator say he has in his possession after their night at the “Club” in Chapter 8?

5. The narrator states in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the farther he got below __________, the more disappointed he became with the appearance of the country?

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