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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 the moon symbolize?
(a) The eye of God
(b) An eye that sees only what it chooses.
(c) The vision of those in power.
(d) Intellectual vision that is defective

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

3. The veteran doctor claims to have been beaten for what?
(a) returning to the states
(b) saving a life
(c) failing to fulfil his duty
(d) getting drunk

4. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?
(a) The Founder, with his dying breath, asked Bledsoe to continue in his leadership
(b) The Founder told Reverend Barbee that Bledsoe deserved the position.
(c) The Founder and Bledsoe were related.
(d) Dr. Bledsoe had performed favors for the Founder.

5. What is the real purpose of the Reverend's speech?
(a) To indoctrinate the students regarding the religion of the college.
(b) To help the students appreciate the Founder's real sacrifice
(c) To create a sense of awe in relation to Dr. Bledsoe
(d) To help the students understand how important the college is to the black community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?

2. Bledsoe tells the narrator that he should not worry about

3. What truth does the vet tell to the narrator that the narrator does not yet understand?

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

5. What does the narrator see as he is watching people leave the chapel?

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