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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator afraid of losing?
(a) His job.
(b) His identity
(c) His scholarship
(d) The respect Mr. Bledsoe has for him.

2. How does the narrator's grandfather regard his own meekness?
(a) He considers himself a coward.
(b) He considers himself a victim
(c) He is proud of his choices.
(d) He considers himself a traitor.

3. Where was the novel written?
(a) Vermont
(b) Georgia
(c) Harlem
(d) New York

4. What does the narrator spontaneously decide to buy?
(a) a newspaper in hopes that it will explain recent events
(b) a new suit
(c) a pair of new shoes
(d) a black dancing doll

5. Which of the following is true about the narrator's position within the Brotherhood?
(a) He is actually powerless
(b) He has earned a lot of respect and status
(c) He is secretly admired
(d) He is an accepted leader

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?

2. What do the yams symbolize?

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

4. Upon the narrator's return to Harlem, he learns which of the following individuals has disappeared from the Brotherhood?

5. What is ironic about the narrator's dance with Emma?

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