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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Reverend Barbee, why does Dr. Bledsoe enjoy a position of apparent power?
(a) The Founder, with his dying breath, asked Bledsoe to continue in his leadership
(b) The Founder and Bledsoe were related.
(c) Dr. Bledsoe had performed favors for the Founder.
(d) The Founder told Reverend Barbee that Bledsoe deserved the position.

3. What vision comes to the narrator's mind when he sees the elderly couple being evicted?
(a) Mr. Trueblood's two pregnant women
(b) His grandfather on his death bed
(c) the Battle Royal
(d) His mother hanging out the wash

4. What does the narrator credit for his "call to action"?
(a) music
(b) the girl in his dream
(c) his vision
(d) marijuana

5. Why does the narrator have difficulty getting along on his first two jobs?
(a) He doesn't understand or fit in the blue-collar/union world
(b) He is too highly educated for the job
(c) He is the only black person on the job
(d) He is not correctly educated for the job

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the black men carry?

2. What mistake does the narrator make at Liberty Paints?

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

4. What does the moon symbolize?

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

(see the answer key)

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