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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator tell Mr. Emerson that he wants to do with his future?
(a) become Mr. Bledsoe's assistant
(b) become a teacher
(c) remain quietly in New York
(d) get a high paying position in the city

2. What would the narrator like to add to his "hole"?
(a) four more radio-phonographs
(b) a TV set
(c) a phonograph player
(d) a kitchen

3. When the woman says the narrator's voice is "primitive," she actually intends the statement as
(a) a compliment
(b) an insult
(c) a word of advice
(d) a gesture of seduction

4. Although the narrator may not realize it, he is searching for
(a) power
(b) identity
(c) wealth
(d) justice

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?

2. In chapter 9, the narrator walks a short distance with another man. What is the man doing besides singing?

3. Of what does the vet accuse Mr. Norton?

4. Why is the narrator unable to see his audience when he gives his speech at the arena?

5. In spite of losing his identity, what does the narrator retain?

(see the answer key)

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