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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Section 17 ends with the line, “This is the common air that bathes” what?
(a) “The country.”
(b) “The body.”
(c) “The globe.”
(d) “The county.”

2. Section 9 begins with a description of the big doors of what building standing open?
(a) “The warehouse.”
(b) “The airplane hanger.”
(c) “The fire house.”
(d) “The country barn.”

3. What is being carried in loads on the “slow-drawn wagon” in Section 9?
(a) Corn.
(b) Rice.
(c) Dried grass.
(d) Garlic.

4. What does the narrator bring to the runaway slave when he encounters him in Section 10?
(a) A tub of water.
(b) An old dog.
(c) A bale of hay.
(d) A letter.

5. In describing his body in Section 3, the narrator claims, “Not an inch nor a particle of an inch is” what?
(a) “Diseased.”
(b) “Immune.”
(c) “Without pain.”
(d) “Vile.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator claims to wear what as he pleases “indoors or out” in Section 20?

2. With whom does the narrator describe spending “that day round the chowder-kettle” in Section 10?

3. The narrator claims to “lean and loafe at my ease observing” what, in Section 1?

4. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?

5. How many horses is “the negro” driving in Section 13?

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