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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Childhood.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is a poor orphan with a genius for medical studies and a passion for science?
(a) Alfred.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Mrs. Archer.
(d) Charles Meunier.

2. Who is the author of The Lifted Veil?
(a) George Eliot.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Maya Angelou.

3. What purpose does Latimer give to his life before he dies?
(a) Trying to make up to those he has hurt.
(b) Revenge to all who have hurt him.
(c) None; he gives up.
(d) Writing down the story of his life.

4. What time will Latimer begin to feel his impending death come?
(a) Noon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Ten o'clock p.m.
(d) Ten o'clock a.m.

5. When the narrator rings the bell during the last moments of life, who comes in to help?
(a) Mrs. Archer.
(b) His father.
(c) No one.
(d) Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Latimer read in secret?

2. What is Latimer's first hatred?

3. What is the affliction that the narrator suffers from?

4. What affliction did the narrator suffer from as a child?

5. How does Latimer tell his story?

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