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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Brockway hostile toward the narrator?
(a) He thinks the narrator is there to take his job.
(b) He has heard of the narrator's mistake.
(c) The narrator has difficulty following instructions.
(d) The narrator approaches him with a bad attitude.

2. How is the paint symbolic?
(a) It symbolizes society's ability to cover evils
(b) It symbolizes work and success
(c) It is white, reminding the narrator of the slogan, Keep America Pure with Liberty Paints.
(d) It symbolizes purity and correctness

3. What is the vet's final advice to the narrator?
(a) Find ways to manipulate people like Norton
(b) Stay away from people like Mr. Norton
(c) Defy people like Norton
(d) Watch for opportunities to get close to people like Norton

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

5. According to the vet, who controls "things"?
(a) black people
(b) white, upper-class males
(c) white people
(d) rich people

Short Answer Questions

1. The dark tunnel is symbolic of the narrator's

2. How does Mr. Norton explain the day's events?

3. What is the narrator afraid of losing?

4. Where does Bledsoe tell the narrator to go?

5. How does the narrator's grandfather regard his own meekness?

(see the answer key)

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