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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some of the black men carry?
(a) radios
(b) pouches strapped to their wrists
(c) brief cases
(d) shackles

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

3. When was the introduction of the novel written?
(a) 30 years after the text itself
(b) Before the text of the story
(c) Sporadically during the writing of the story
(d) Immediately after finishing the story.

4. What bit of advice from the young Mr. Emerson does the narrator actually heed?
(a) to call Liberty Paints and ask for a job
(b) to realize that he has no identity
(c) to forget about Mr. Bledsoe
(d) to return to the college

5. The narrator considers himself an invisible man because ____________________.
(a) people subconsciously ignore him
(b) people can't see him
(c) people refuse to see him with their inner eyes
(d) people don't understand him

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator regard Mr. Bledsoe?

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

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

4. What does Mr. Norton give to Trueblood?

5. What two groups of people must pay the price for being irresponsible?

(see the answer key)

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