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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is ironic about the narrator's dance with Emma?
(a) He had at first refused the offer to dance with her.
(b) He is the only black man she dances with at the party.
(c) She is the first white woman he ever danced with.
(d) The veteran doctor had predicted that the narrator would dance with a white woman.

2. What procedure is performed on the narrator?
(a) both castration and a lobotomy
(b) castration
(c) a prefrontal lobotomy
(d) mind control implants

3. Why does the narrator not tell the doctors his name after the procedure?
(a) He doesn't realize that he hasn't said anything
(b) He is trying to protect himself
(c) He can't remember it.
(d) He is too tired

4. Why is the narrator initially concerned about finding work as soon as possible?
(a) He hopes to save enough money for his fall tuition.
(b) He does not want to appear broke if he has to ask for credit for his room rent.
(c) He is afraid he will run out of money for rent.
(d) He is concerned about being able to buy food.

5. What does the unnamed man at the party ask the narrator to do?
(a) dance
(b) sing a spiritual
(c) give a speech
(d) sign a commitment

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the students as they enter the chapel?

2. In Chapter 14, why is Mary cooking cabbage?

3. What does the doctor mean when he says they "picked poor robin clean"?

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

5. What is ironic about Trueblood's situation?

(see the answer key)

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