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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the prologue, when did the author find himself racing home?
(a) After school.
(b) After work.
(c) Before dinner.
(d) In the middle of the night.

2. What was the author's family's cleaning lady's name, who lived in Harlem?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Madge.
(c) Midge.
(d) Margaret.

3. What was the author in constant fear of in Chapter 4?
(a) Being killed.
(b) Being in the dark.
(c) Being eaten.
(d) Being left alone.

4. What did the author contemplate doing after the fruit stand failed in Chapter 9?
(a) Jumping off a fire escape.
(b) Running away.
(c) Moving back to Ft. Lauderdale.
(d) Moving back to New York.

5. In Chapter 3, what does the author mention he and his friend discovered together?
(a) A dead horse.
(b) A dead deer.
(c) A dead mule.
(d) A dead cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 3, what did Jean need first in order to manifest his idea of making money?

3. Why were the author and his family traveling at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What does the author describe in the prologue?

5. What did the author's coworker Sid do?

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