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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims that by his third morning in New York, he secured a job doing what in Chapter 8?
(a) Cleaning stables.
(b) Framing houses.
(c) Rolling cigars.
(d) Washing windows.

2. The narrator compares New York City to a great _________ at the gate of the country in Chapter 6?
(a) Devil.
(b) Troll.
(c) Serpent.
(d) Witch.

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

4. How much money does the narrator say he has in his possession after their night at the “Club” in Chapter 8?
(a) $5.
(b) $65.
(c) $125.
(d) $300.

5. For how long does the narrator stay in Washington, D.C. in Chapter 10?
(a) 9-10 days.
(b) 4-5 days.
(c) 4-5 weeks.
(d) 2-3 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dice game is being played in the back room at the refurbished bar and gambling house that the narrator attends in Chapter 6?

2. The narrator describes the poker players as practicing what sort of politeness for each other in Chapter 6?

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

4. 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?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 10, “It is the spirit of the South to defend everything belonging to it. The North is too” what “for such a spirit”?

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