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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator have for breakfast that is described as “so light and flaky that a fellow with any appetite at all would have no difficulty in disposing of eight or ten” in Chapter 4?
(a) Biscuits.
(b) Blueberry muffins.
(c) Waffles.
(d) Pancakes.

2. The narrator says in Chapter 4, “I have since learned that this ability to laugh heartily is, in part, the salvation of the American Negro; it does much to keep him from going the way of the” what?
(a) “Animals.”
(b) “White man.”
(c) “Devil.”
(d) “Indian.”

3. Where does the man that the narrator befriends on the ship ask him to stop for two or three days in Chapter 10?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Miami.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Boston.

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

5. How much money does the narrator say that the most popular African American jockey of the day earns per year in Chapter 7?
(a) $6,500.
(b) $8,200.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the narrator put in his trunk while his fellow roommates sleep in Chapter 4?

2. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?

3. The narrator compares New York City to a great _________ at the gate of the country in Chapter 6?

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

5. At what institution does the narrator spend a day in Nashville in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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