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

2. The narrator's need to give speeches is an example of what literary device?
(a) irony
(b) audio imagery
(c) foreshadowing
(d) suspense

3. The image of the slave owners bidding for a naked girl is
(a) a vison induced by marijuana
(b) a picture the narrator had seen in a book
(c) something the narrator recalls from his childhood
(d) something that happened to the narrator's father

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

5. What is the narrator's explanation for taking Mr. Norton to the Golden Day?
(a) The car was out of gas.
(b) He thought he could get medical help there
(c) Mr. Norton ordered him to go there
(d) Mr. Norton was driving

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator get past the drunken vet in the road?

2. Why is the narrator initially concerned about finding work as soon as possible?

3. Bledsoe tells the narrator that he should not worry about

4. What would the narrator like to add to his "hole"?

5. What does the man in Emerson's office imply after reading the letter given him by the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the irony of the sign "Keep American Pure with Liberty Paints."

2. How does the setting in chapter 5 provide additional foreshadowing?

3. What is the objective of Rev. Barbee's sermon?

4. How has the narrator ended up in the factory hospital? How is he being treated once he gets there?

5. What final action does the hospital take to ensure the narrator's silence?

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

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

8. Describe Dr. Bledsoe.

9. What does Ellison mean by "benign neglect"?

10. What does the narrator notice while waiting for his appointment with the trustees?

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