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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 “boiled to the consistency where it could be eaten with a fork” in Chapter 4?
(a) Collard greens.
(b) Crawfish.
(c) Hominy.
(d) Chitlins.

2. What is the profession of the “fat Jewish looking man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Banker.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Shop owner.
(d) Cigar manufacturer.

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

4. How much do the narrator and his companion each pay the waiter at the restaurant where they eat in Chapter 4?
(a) 20 cents.
(b) 10 cents.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 75 cents.

5. What is in the basement of the “Club” that the narrator goes to with his companions in Chapter 6?
(a) A Chinese Chop-suey restaurant.
(b) Hundreds of boxes.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A butcher shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the narrator say that the most popular African American jockey of the day earns per year in Chapter 7?

2. Who is described as was “fierce, eloquent and profane in his argument and, in a lower sense, there was a direct logic in what he said, which was convincing” in Chapter 10?

3. Where is the “tall, rawboned, red-faced man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?

4. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 has what profession?

5. The “white-mustached, well dressed man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10 fought in what war?

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