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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else is on the bus to New York?
(a) another student
(b) no one
(c) Mr. Trueblood
(d) the veteran doctor

2. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?
(a) So the narrator will return to the Golden Day
(b) So the narrator will not become another casualty
(c) So the narrator will take up the cause of the vets
(d) So the narrator will persuade Mr. Norton to give a donation

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

4. What is most unusual about the narrator's residence?
(a) It is free
(b) It is a white apartment house
(c) It is in a basement
(d) It is filled with over 1300 light bulbs

5. What does the narrator feel was his primary fault 20 years earlier?
(a) He was cowardly.
(b) He was easily confused.
(c) He was naive.
(d) He was too bold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator initially concerned about finding work as soon as possible?

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

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

4. When was the introduction of the novel written?

5. The narrator's pondering of his upcoming punishment is an example of what literary device?

(see the answer key)

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