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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator react to the dolls that are being sold by Clifton?
(a) He spits on one of the dolls
(b) He purchases a doll
(c) He laughs at the dolls
(d) He calls the police

2. How does the audience react to the narrator's speech?
(a) He is cheered
(b) They sit in stunned silence
(c) They get up and leave.
(d) He is booed

3. What is happening in Harlem?
(a) The community is in a riot
(b) The people have burned down the district office
(c) The police have taken over.
(d) The Brotherhood has taken over.

4. What do the elderly couple want to do that the marshals deny them?
(a) Return to the apartment for a last prayer
(b) Give their belongings to people in the crowd
(c) Return to the apartment for something they forgot
(d) Remain in their apartment

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ellison, which of the following is true during times of war?

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

3. Who else is on the bus to New York?

4. Ellison's primary struggle in writing the book was

5. What do the yams symbolize?

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