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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator regard Mr. Bledsoe?
(a) As a protector
(b) As an unpredictable element
(c) As a role model.
(d) As an enemy

2. What truth about the Brotherhood does the narrator realize in Chapter 20?
(a) That great strides have already been made
(b) That their efforts are unappreciated
(c) That the Brotherhood is about to disappear
(d) That very little has been accomplished

3. What is the vet's final advice to the narrator?
(a) Find ways to manipulate people like Norton
(b) Watch for opportunities to get close to people like Norton
(c) Defy people like Norton
(d) Stay away from people like Mr. Norton

4. What does the narrator discover when he gets to the woman's apartment?
(a) Her husband is away
(b) the woman is single
(c) the woman is divorced
(d) her husband is dead

5. What does the narrator notice at the funeral that he would like to exploit?
(a) The carelessness of the policemen
(b) The large attendance on the part of the youth`
(c) The tension of the crowd
(d) The absence of the Brotherhood

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator homesick when he first gets to New York?

2. What does the figurine symbolize?

3. Why does the narrator have difficulty getting along on his first two jobs?

4. What truth does the vet tell to the narrator that the narrator does not yet understand?

5. What time of day does Brother Jack meet the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 17

(see the answer key)

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