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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the “slender be-spectacled young man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Maine.
(d) Ohio.

2. The narrator’s companion tells him in Chapter 4 that all of the “respectable coloured people” eat where?
(a) At the race track.
(b) At the diner.
(c) At home.
(d) At the church.

3. Where had the Union soldier invested capital, according to the narrator in Chapter 10?
(a) New York City.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Boston.
(d) Richland.

4. According to the author in Chapter 10, “Southerners are very much like” who “in that they must talk”?
(a) Russians.
(b) Frenchmen.
(c) Spaniards.
(d) Englishmen.

5. What does the narrator claim the men gambling in the dice room are wearing in Chapter 6?
(a) Sombreros.
(b) Suits.
(c) Linen dusters.
(d) Overalls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?

2. Where does the narrator go after leaving Nashville in Chapter 10?

3. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that his section of New York is limited to how many blocks?

4. When was Frederick Douglass born?

5. How much money does the narrator lose on his second trip to the gambling house in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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