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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 accused of when he tries to dispose of the figurine?
(a) stupidity
(b) theft
(c) drug dealing
(d) littering

2. What does the figurine symbolize?
(a) racism
(b) money
(c) slavery
(d) freedom

3. How does the narrator get past the drunken vet in the road?
(a) He pays the vet a bribe.
(b) He claims to be someone of importance.
(c) He pretends he is about to run over the vet.
(d) He tells him he has General Pershing in the car.

4. What does Dr. Bledsoe call the narrator?
(a) a traitor
(b) a slave
(c) a liar
(d) an educated fool

5. Why does the narrator consider his funeral speech a failure?
(a) He didn't think about singing the song before the old black man started it
(b) He hadn't been able to inspire the crowd to fight.
(c) He had too little to say to the youth.
(d) He hadn't been able to talk about political issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following represents the narrator's philosophy?

2. Why is the narrator unable to see his audience when he gives his speech at the arena?

3. Of what do the men in the bar in Chapter 20 accuse the narrator?

4. Why does the vet want the narrator to hear his story?

5. Where is the vet going?

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