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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does the narrator describe as “a big, dull, red town” in Chapter 4?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Miami.
(d) Biloxi.

2. How much money per week is the room that the narrator rents at the boarding house in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) $5.75.
(b) $7.95.
(c) $2.00.
(d) $3.50.

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, the two immediate results of his “forced loneliness” were finding company in books and greater pleasure in what?
(a) Thought.
(b) Nature.
(c) Silence.
(d) Music.

4. Where does the narrator move with his mother in Chapter 1?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Main.

5. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that he stood for an hour watching four or five men saving what by the road?
(a) A mule.
(b) A child.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cart of vegetables.

6. What book does the narrator describe as having “used to lie in splendid neglect on the center table in our little parlor” in Chapter 2?
(a) The Episcopal Prayer-book.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Korah.
(d) The Torah.

7. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “boiled to the consistency where it could be eaten with a fork” in Chapter 4?
(a) Chitlins.
(b) Collard greens.
(c) Crawfish.
(d) Hominy.

8. What does the narrator describe growing along the edge of the fence by the vegetable garden in Chapter 1?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Huckleberries.
(d) Tomatoes.

9. 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?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Chicago.
(d) St. Louis.

10. How does the narrator describe the chairs in the parlor at the rooming house where he arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Made of sturdy oak.
(b) Cane-bottomed.
(c) Falling into disrepair.
(d) A vibrant red color.

11. What does the tall man with the small, dark moustache drill a hole through in Chapter 1 as the narrator watches?
(a) A ten-dollar gold piece.
(b) A five-dollar silver piece.
(c) A five-dollar gold piece.
(d) A two-dollar silver piece.

12. In Chapter 5, the narrator compares the black man and his fight to what bearing the “fury of the storm”?
(a) “The bristlecone pine tree.”
(b) “The redwood tree.”
(c) “The willow tree.”
(d) “The cedar tree.”

13. All of the fellow boarders at the boarding house where the narrator stays in Chapter 5 work as what?
(a) Cigar makers.
(b) Blacksmiths.
(c) Farmhands.
(d) Basket weavers.

14. What does the narrator describe surrounding the flowers in the front yard of his childhood home in Chapter 1?
(a) Large rocks.
(b) Glass bottles.
(c) Cherry trees.
(d) A white picket fence.

15. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator claim to have developed a “sympathetic bond” with at school in Chapter 2?

2. How old does the narrator say he was when he “appeared on a program with a number of adults at an entertainment given for some charitable purpose, and carried off the honors” in Chapter 2?

3. The narrator says that when he was shown about the grounds of the university, he was especially interested in what building in Chapter 4?

4. On what day of the week does the narrator’s mother play the piano in Chapter 1?

5. The narrator’s companion tells him in Chapter 4 that all of the “respectable coloured people” eat where?

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