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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Ras the Exhorter primarily object?
(a) The idea of a black man speaking out for white people
(b) The narrator's street corner approach
(c) Clifton's methods of leading the youth
(d) The mixing of black and white

2. What object does Mary own that the narrator finds offensive?
(a) a distorted figurine of a black leader
(b) a mask used in black rituals
(c) a figurine of a white leader
(d) a bank in the shape of a black figurine

3. The veteran doctor claims to have been beaten for what?
(a) saving a life
(b) returning to the states
(c) failing to fulfil his duty
(d) getting drunk

4. Why does the narrator feel disillusioned when looking at the picture of the Founder?
(a) He understands that Mr. Norton is going to expel him.
(b) He realizes that Mr. Norton is the one with the power.
(c) He realizes that he really has no hope of obtaining any power.
(d) He realizes that Bledsoe is going to abuse his power.

5. What does Mr. Norton give to Trueblood?
(a) A lecture on morality
(b) A bottle of whiskey
(c) Nothing
(d) A hundred dollar bill

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator discover when he gets to the woman's apartment?

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

3. How does the narrator react to the dolls that are being sold by Clifton?

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

5. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?

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