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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 Trueblood's situation?
(a) Other men have done the same thing.
(b) The college wants him to stay around.
(c) The college wants him to leave.
(d) He receives charity from the whites.

2. What kind of speeches has the narrator given from the stage in the chapel?
(a) Phony speeches with notes supplied by white men.
(b) Speeches that flattered the whites.
(c) Speeches that expressed his frustration in cultural symbolism.
(d) Genuine speeches that expressed how he felt.

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 is too tired
(d) He can't remember it.

4. For whom does the Brotherhood claim to work?
(a) Those of their own party
(b) Black people
(c) White people
(d) all people

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator notice about the whites in the city?

3. Why does the Reverend Barbee trip over Dr. Bledsoe?

4. What does the unnamed man at the party ask the narrator to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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