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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator want to do in Chapter 12?
(a) marry Mary Rambo
(b) spend time alone
(c) make speeches
(d) get a new job

2. Where was the novel written?
(a) Vermont
(b) New York
(c) Harlem
(d) Georgia

3. What does Trueblood's story suggest about the white men at the jail house?
(a) They were horrified by his story and tried to get him to move.
(b) They secretly enjoyed hearing his story.
(c) They didn't believe his story.
(d) They were angry and kept him in town as an example of how not to behave.

4. What procedure is performed on the narrator?
(a) both castration and a lobotomy
(b) mind control implants
(c) castration
(d) a prefrontal lobotomy

5. What is Trueblood's explanation of the rape of his daughter?
(a) He confused his wife with his daughter because they were all in the same bed.
(b) His daughter dliberately seduced him.
(c) His wife forced him into it.
(d) He acted in a dream and didn't know what he was doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator feel disillusioned when looking at the picture of the Founder?

2. What does the doctor mean when he says they "picked poor robin clean"?

3. What does Dr. Bledsoe call the narrator?

4. What does the narrator discuss with the woman in his dream?

5. Which of the following represents the narrator's philosophy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dr. Bledsoe.

2. Why does the narrator say he is invisible?

3. What surprises the narrator upon his arrival in Harlem?

4. What does Dr. Bledsoe mean by "acting the nigger."

5. Why does Mr. Norton give Jim Trueblood $100?

6. What favor does the young Mr. Emerson do for the narrator?

7. What literary device is used in Chapter 4?

8. Who are the sleeping ones?

9. Why does the drug store have the pork chop and grits special?

10. Why do the people at the Men's House treat him with hostility?

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