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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trueblood's story suggest about the white men at the jail house?
(a) They were horrified by his story and tried to get him to move.
(b) They secretly enjoyed hearing his story.
(c) They didn't believe his story.
(d) They were angry and kept him in town as an example of how not to behave.

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

3. What truth does the vet tell to the narrator that the narrator does not yet understand?
(a) That he is doomed to failure
(b) That the white men are trying to destroy him
(c) That he should not be afraid of white men
(d) That he is invisible

4. The dark tunnel is symbolic of the narrator's
(a) unwillingness to face the truth
(b) lack of understanding about culture and society as a whole
(c) invisible nature in relation to white people
(d) lack of knowledge about himself

5. Of what does the vet accuse Mr. Norton?
(a) Of practicing racial prejudice
(b) Of treating the blacks unfairly
(c) Of treating the blacks like impersonal conquests
(d) Of failing to accomplish his mission for the college

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real purpose of the Reverend's speech?

2. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?

3. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?

4. Where does Bledsoe tell the narrator to go?

5. How does the narrator get past the drunken vet in the road?

(see the answer key)

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