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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Brother Jack send the narrator at the end of the meeting?
(a) to meet with Westrum
(b) Back to addressing the woman questions
(c) Back to his apartment at the men's center
(d) Back to Brother Hambro for more indoctrination sessions

3. Who does the narrator plan to use to destroy the Brotherhood
(a) Jack himself
(b) Emma
(c) Mr. Emerson
(d) Mr. Hambro

4. What does the narrator recall having been given instead of a cigarette?
(a) liquor
(b) marijuana
(c) a beating
(d) a cigar

5. Why is the narrator initially concerned about finding work as soon as possible?
(a) He is concerned about being able to buy food.
(b) He hopes to save enough money for his fall tuition.
(c) He does not want to appear broke if he has to ask for credit for his room rent.
(d) He is afraid he will run out of money for rent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator not tell the doctors his name after the procedure?

2. Why does the narrator go to the white woman's apartment in Chapter 19?

3. Ellison's original story was written about which of the following?

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

5. Upon the narrator's return to Harlem, he learns which of the following individuals has disappeared from the Brotherhood?

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