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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assumption does Mary make regarding the source of the $100 given to her by the narrator?
(a) That he was selling drugs
(b) That he got it by playing the lottery
(c) That he earned it through employment
(d) That the Brotherhood gave it to him.

2. Ellison's original story was written about which of the following?
(a) An African American pilot
(b) A slave
(c) A sharecropper
(d) An African American author

3. What surprising development does the narrator experience when he attends a committee meeting?
(a) He is ordered to sever his membership
(b) He is refused admission
(c) He is accused of betrayal
(d) He is urged to speak

4. In spite of losing his identity, what does the narrator retain?
(a) the memory of Mr. Norton
(b) his naive outlook on life
(c) an urgency to find a job
(d) a desire for revenge

5. According to Mr. Brockway, what happened when the company tried to replace him?
(a) All the paint went bad
(b) No one else would take the job
(c) The union went to bat for him.
(d) The other workers went on strike

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the introduction of the novel written?

2. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?

3. What does the narrator lack in Chapter 12?

4. Where does Bledsoe tell the narrator to go?

5. Why is the narrator unable to see Mr. Bates?

(see the answer key)

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