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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bledsoe tells the narrator that he should not worry about
(a) pride and dignity
(b) being punished
(c) acting like a fool
(d) being kicked out of school

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

3. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?
(a) marijuana
(b) a beating
(c) liquor
(d) a cigar

4. Which of the following represents the narrator's philosophy?
(a) The light reveals the truth
(b) The light reveals all things
(c) Truth is destined to come forth
(d) The truth is the light and the light is the truth

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ellison's original story was written about which of the following?

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

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

4. Which of the following two concepts, in combination, does Ellison see as a "raft of hope."

5. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?

(see the answer key)

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